What's on job seekers' social media sites? A content analysis and effects of structure on recruiter judgments and predictive validity

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Liwen, VAN IDDEKINGE, Chad H., ARNOLD, John D., ROTH, Philip L., Filip LIEVENS, LANIVICH, Stephen E., JORDAN, Samantha L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: cybervetting; Facebook; personnel selection; social media; staffing; Human Resources Management; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6500; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7499/viewcontent/social_media_edited.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Many organizational representatives review social media (SM) information (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) when recruiting and assessing job applicants. Despite this, very little empirical data exist concerning the SM information available to organizations or whether assessments of such information are a va...