Understanding internet recruitment via signaling theory and the elaboration likelihood model

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1949-1959

  Gregory, Christina K ^a   Meade, Adam W ^a   Thompson, Lori Foster ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee recruitment; Internet recruitment; Online recruitment; Web recruitment

Indexed keywords

DESIGN INFLUENCES; ELABORATION LIKELIHOOD MODELS; ONLINE RECRUITMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION; RECRUITMENT WEBSITES; WEB RECRUITMENT; WEBSITE AESTHETICS; WEBSITE USABILITY;

INTERNET;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84876992908     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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