Media richness and information acquisition in internet recruitment

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 866-883

  Badger, Jessica M ^a   Kaminsky, Samuel E ^a   Behrend, Tara S ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Media richness; Mental workload; Online recruiting; Organizational culture; Organizational knowledge; Person organization fit; Recruitment; Recruitment media; Virtual work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927516020     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-05-2012-0155     Document Type: Article

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