Employer and employee perceptions of cybervetting as a selection method
Yavuz Akbulut,
İrem E. Yildirim Şen,
Yusuf L. Şahin
Abstract:Cybervetting—reviewing candidates' online profiles—is a relatively new technique used in the personnel selection processes, but empirical studies have largely been conducted with western samples. In Study 1, we interviewed 20 employers from different sectors in a metropolitan city in Turkey and examined the characteristics and implications of the construct. We summarized the reasons given by participants who avoided cybervetting (i.e., irrelevance, validity, invasion of privacy, prejudice) and those who freque… Show more
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