Effects of organizational values and employee contact on e-recruiting
Journal of Managerial Psychology
ISSN: 0268-3946
Article publication date: 21 June 2018
Issue publication date: 10 July 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the degree to which job seekers’ cultural values moderate the relations between organizational values displayed on an e-recruiting websites and organizational attraction by adapting a Cultural Vales Model of Recruitment. The authors also assessed the moderating relation of collectivism on the relation between an opportunity to contact an employee in the organization and attraction.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used a 2 × 2 design and data from 235 students who were seeking jobs.
Findings
Individualism moderated the relation between website achievement values and organizational attraction. Individuals’ collectivism values moderated the relation between the opportunity to contact an employee and attraction.
Practical implications
Organizations that display achievement values on websites may attract individuals with highly value individualism. This may inadvertently limit diversity. Findings also suggest that providing an opportunity to contact an employee is likely to attract individuals with high rather than low levels of collectivism.
Social implications
Content displayed on e-recruiting websites may inadvertently limit diversity in organizations.
Originality/value
This was the first study to examine the effects of the congruence of individual cultural values with organizational values, and the opportunity to contact an employee on attraction in an e-recruiting context.
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Citation
Harrison, T. and Stone, D.L. (2018), "Effects of organizational values and employee contact on e-recruiting", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-03-2017-0118
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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