Gender (In)Consistent Communication via Social Media  and Hireability: An Exploratory Study

Brouer, Robyn L.; Stefanone, Michael A.; Badawy, Rebecca L.; Egnoto, Michael J.

doi:10.24251/hicss.2017.269

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“…Women were more oriented towards the communication behaviors and this was also supported by the findings of the current study. Likewise, the findings of Brouer et al (2017) was in support with the findings of the present study that the interaction of female Facebook users on Facebook is perceived as most hirable and attractive whereas male Facebook users were found to be less hirable and attractive. This shows the influence and communication bridging of female users on Facebook with their colleagues, family, and friends.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…In addition, this study has ascertained that female enrolled as Facebook users tend to communicate and interact with their colleagues, family, and friends. However, the specific finding was in contrast with previous studies, which found that there was a significant difference in the perspectives of Arabic users (Brouer et al, 2017;Thompson & Lougheed, 2012). Lastly, the findings of this study will help to further the understanding of patterns based on communication behaviors, language features, and social behaviors on gender differences of Facebook users as a population group.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This has been a new aspect in understanding the communication behavior of students when interacting with their educators or professors, which lacks in this study. The study has further emphasized that the male students were more communicative as compared to the female students, opposing the findings of Brouer et al (2017). Chan et al (2015) have indicated that communication behavior and patterns play a pivotal role in determining students' satisfaction with Facebook for male users.…”

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confidence: 56%

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Gender-Associated Behavior of Jordanians on Facebook

Tartory¹

2019

IJEL

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Lack of sex-disaggregated data on internet and mobile phone access are among the key barriers to measure the progress in development goals that call for gender equality in access to the internet. Objective: The present study aims to investigate the language features that are used by females and males’ friends when posting on their timelines on Facebook. The present study has employed cross-sectional design by collecting a sample of 270 randomly selected Facebook profiles using SurveyMonkey. Chi-square analysis has been used to analyze the conceptual framework. The study has found that the behavior of female users was much higher towards the communication features, language features, and social behavior as compared to the behavior of male users. The study enlarged into the understanding of Facebook as an online platform from the perspectives of Jordanian users. The study confirms the popularity of Facebook as an outlet of psychological and social expression for gender-associated behavior in the context of Jordan.

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Gender-Associated Behavior of Jordanians on Facebook

Tartory¹

2019

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“…However, a study by Slovensky and Ross (2012) found that 70% of hiring managers have rejected a job candidate based on the information that they had found about them on social media. The influence of a job candidate's social media presence on a prospective employer has also been confirmed in studies by Brouer et al (2017) and Baert (2018). The Baert (2018) study found that a job candidate's Facebook profile photo can increase job interview invitations by 38% and can positively impact hiring chances when the candidate is highly educated, and the recruiters are female.…”

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“…To date, the majority of literature exploring social media use by employers, employees and job seekers has fallen within two broad categories: social media's influence on employers' recruitment decisions and the professional social media behaviours of job seekers and employees (Melanthiou, Pavlou & Constantinou, 2015;Slovensky & Ross, 2012;Brouer, Stefanone, Badawy, & Egnoto, 2017;Baert, 2018;De Gagne et al, 2018;Pereira et al, 2015;Langenfeld, et al, 2014). The literature has explored how social media is being used by employers and recruiters as a tool to source suitable job candidates for specific roles and to assess the suitability of candidates based on an audit of their digital footprints or social media profiles (Nikolaou, 2014;Aggerholm & Andersen, 2018;Saros-Rogobete & Sav, 2016).…”

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Australian employer perceptions of unprofessional social media behaviour and its impact on graduate employability

Sutherland

Freberg

Driver

2019

JTLGE

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Social media has become a tool used for the process of employee recruitment in a range of industries. The technology is utilised by job candidates and by employers and job-recruiters to screen and source suitable staff for their organisations. Research has investigated issues relating to ethics, privacy and accuracy regarding employers’ use of social media to screen prospective employees. Yet, limited research has been conducted to investigate employer perceptions of prospective/current employees’ unprofessional social media behavior. Our study involved a survey of 396 Australia employers from a range of industries to explore the influence of job-candidates’ social media presence on employer decision-making and the most unprofessional social media behaviors according to employers. Our investigation found 82% of employers are influenced by a job candidate’s social media presence and using social media to intentionally cause harm to others was perceived by employers as the most unprofessional social media behavior. The findings from this study will assist educators in guiding university students and graduates to meet industry expectations as professionals and provide scholars with new knowledge as to what is deemed to be unacceptable behavior in a professional context at this point in the evolution of social media.

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Emotion in enterprise social media systems

Reychav

Inbar

Simon

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ITP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate enterprise social media systems and quantified gender and status influences on emotional content presented in these systems. Design/methodology/approach Internal social media messages were collected from a global software company running an enterprise social media system. An indirect observatory test using Berlo’s “source–message–channel–receiver” model served as a framework to evaluate sender, message, channel and receiver for each text. These texts were categorized by gender and status using text analytics with SAP SA to produce sentiment indications. Findings Results reveal women use positive language 2.1 times more than men. Senior managers express positive language 1.7 times more than non-managers, and feeling rules affect all genders and statuses, but not necessarily as predicted by theory. Other findings show that public messages contained less emotional content, and women expressed more positivity to lower status colleagues. Men expressed more positivity to those in higher positions. Many gender and status stereotypes found in face-to-face studies are also present in digital enterprise social networks. Research limitations/implications Limitations include generalizability: all data were collected from a single enterprise social media system. Practical implications Managers establishing codes of conduct for social media use will find this research useful, particularly when promoting awareness of emotional expressiveness in online venues with subordinate colleagues. Originality/value This study offers a behavioral measurement approach free from validity issues found in self-reported surveys, direct observations and interviews. The collected data offered new perspectives on existing social theories within a new environment of computerized, enterprise social media.

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Gender (In)Consistent Communication via Social Media and Hireability: An Exploratory Study

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Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

Gender-Associated Behavior of Jordanians on Facebook

Gender-Associated Behavior of Jordanians on Facebook

Australian employer perceptions of unprofessional social media behaviour and its impact on graduate employability

Emotion in enterprise social media systems

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