Recruitment-related information sources and organizational attractiveness: Can something be done about negative publicity?

• Main Authors: VAN HOYE, Greet, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5680; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6679/viewcontent/Info_Sources_2005.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The present study begins to fill a gap in the recruitment literature by investigating whether the effects of negative publicity on organizational attractiveness can be mitigated by recruitment advertising and positive word-of-mouth. The accessibility-diagnosticity model was used as a theoretical fra...