Networking as a job search behaviour: A social network perspective

• Main Authors: VAN HOYE, Greet, VAN HOOFT, Edwin A. J., LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5645; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6644/viewcontent/network.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although networking is typically recommended as a job search strategy in the popular press, research on networking as a job search behaviour is scarce. On the basis of social network theory, the present study investigated whether the structure and composition of job seekers' social network dete...