Online gaming to find a new job - Examining job seekers' intention to use serious games as a self-assessment tool;Online-spiele in der personalbeschaffung - Eine empirische analyse der intention von stellensuchenden professionelle online-spiele als ein instrument zur selbstselektion zu nutzen

Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-240

  Laumer, Sven ^a   Eckhardt, Andreas ^a   Weitzel, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applicant selection; e recruiting; Self assessment; Serious gaming; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865619703     PISSN: 01796437     EISSN: 18620000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/239700221202600302     Document Type: Article

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