Facebook fired: Legal perspectives and young adults' opinions on the use of social media in hiring and firing decisions

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-128

  Drouin, Michelle ^a   O'Connor, Kimberly W ^a   Schmidt, Gordon B ^a   Miller, Daniel A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Job terminations; Psychological characteristics; Social media; Social networking; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; JOB TERMINATIONS; LEGAL ENTITIES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84921808366     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.011     Document Type: Article

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