A task–technology fit view of job search website impact on performance effects: An empirical analysis from Taiwan

Cogent Business and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Huang, Kuo Yu ^a   Chuang, Yea Ru ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

e recruiting; job search website; task technology fit; technology to performance chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044940207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23311975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2016.1253943     Document Type: Article

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