The Influence of the Firm’s Career-Website on Job-Seekers’ Intentions to the Firm

Abstract

Currently organizations rely on its websites to engage and inform job-seekers, and as the primary method for job-seekers to submit applications for screening (Thompson, Braddy & Wuensch, 2008). Therefore a website must be able to influence job-seekers to react positively to perform behaviors such as submitting an application, returning to the site, recommending the company or site to others, and to engage the organization by transitioning to the organization's social-media sites. Whether or not a job-seeker performs these behaviors is largely a function of the experience with the website. Understanding the website-related factors affecting a job-seeker's intentions and subsequent behavior is, therefore, critical to the firm. The sample consisted of 199 usable responses and the results show website aesthetics, content and ease of use influence respondents' intentions, indirectly, through perceived usefulness of the site. Social norms toward the firm have a significant, positive influence on respondents' intentions.

The role of usability, aesthetics, usefulness and primary task support in predicting the perceived credibility of academic social networking sites

“…Consequently, some studies posit that Perceived Aesthetics manifested through interactive interfaces affect user attitude (Jiang et al 2016). Others suggest that Perceived Aesthetics affect user experience and satisfaction (Stone, Baker-Eveleth, and Eveleth 2017). Therefore, we argue that Perceived Aesthetics can be used to influence users' perceptions of how credible, useful, or usable a system is.…”

Big Four LinkedIn Dimensions: Signals of Soft Skills?

“…The signalling theory provides an interesting framework for studying behaviour on LinkedIn (Fernandez et al, 2021). This theory has been used to describe recruitment processes globally (Bangerter et al, 2012;Ruparel et al, 2022) and to explain specific aspects of the use of LinkedIn in such processes (e.g., Cubrich et al, 2021;Fernandez et al, 2021;Roulin & Bangerter, 2013;Stone et al, 2019). The basic idea of signalling theory is that the interaction process between two people (e.g., applicant and recruiter) consists of three basic elements: sender, receiver, and a set of signals that the sender issues to the receiver.…”

Impact of Social Media Usage on Organisation Performance: Lesson From Covid-19 Pandemic

“…Social media relates practically to technologies that enable users to develop, post, exchange and redistribute user-generated content. Organisations may also utilise social networking, among many other uses, to manage information and find skills both inside and beyond their organisations, as well as in the recruiting and recruitment phase (Kaur et al, 2015;Stone et al, 2019).…”