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Social Media and Selection: Political Issue Similarity, Liking, and the Moderating Effect of Social Media Platform
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2020 | Management Information Systems Quarterly | Citations: 13
Authors: Wade, Julie T.; Roth, Philip L.; Thatcher, Jason Bennett; Dinger, Michael

Abstract: In this work, we investigate how social media has changed hiring processes, an i ... Expand

Abstract: In this work, we investigate how social media has changed hiring processes, an important internal activity of organizations. Specifically, we probe how viewing job-relevant and job-irrelevant social media content influences hiring managers’ ratings of job applicants. To do so, we conducted an experiment that manipulated the presence of social media content on political issues and job-relevant information as well as the social media platforms on which they appear. We balanced job-relevant and job-irrelevant content because we were interested in assessing whether information about political issues continued to have effects even in the presence of information relating to a job applicant’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. We found that social media posts that convey information about political issues do have effects, even in the presence of job-relevant information. We also found that, for some issues, the source of social media content matters, with platform effects impacting the assessment of job applicants. This work has timely implications, suggesting that managers be made aware that both social media content and the platform on which it is viewed can contaminate hiring processes. We suggest a need for future research at the intersection between social media and hiring policies. Collapse

Semantic filters: cognitive absorption general multivariate regression model

Topics: social media Facebook LinkedIn task productivity decision making

Methods: experiment survey confirmatory factor analysis qualitative interview SEM tool

Theories: organizational behavior theory
“On Here, I’m Team Jacob:” Exploring Feelings of Belongingness in Virtual Communities

2016 | Americas Conference on Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Wade, Julie T; Thatcher, Jason

Abstract: Virtual communities have become important for enthusiasts to meet, share, and ex ... Expand

Abstract: Virtual communities have become important for enthusiasts to meet, share, and express their affection for a wide range of products, ideas, and brands. While virtual communities have been studied previously, the literature is lacking a perspective on virtual communities surrounding products, ideas and brands that users are embarrassed to admit they care about (that is, that they have a negative public affiliation towards), but that nonetheless are a representation of the user’s identity (brand congruity). This study presents a research model positing that, within a virtual community environment, feelings of negative affiliation and brand congruity will influence users’ feelings of belonging to the virtual community, and negative public affiliation will also moderate the relationship between brand congruity and belongingness. Our results indicate significant relationships between negative public affiliation and brand congruity with feelings of belongingness. Our study has implications for the field, as well as for practitioners. Collapse

Semantic filters: cognitive absorption general multivariate regression model

Topics: online community social media anonymity marketing management usability

Methods: survey SEM tool structural equation modeling mixed method general multivariate regression model

Theories: organizational behavior theory
Social Media and Personnel Selection: How Does New Technology Change an Old Game?

2015 | International Conference on Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Wade, Julie; Roth, Phil

Abstract: Research indicates employers use social media, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to ... Expand

Abstract: Research indicates employers use social media, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to make decision regarding would-be employees. A scarce amount of academic research specifically examines the decision-making processes employers use when using social media to select the best job applicant for the job. This study focuses on how social media impacts hiring processes, investigating the impact of political attitudes expressed on social media impact managers’ evaluations of how “hireable” job candidates are. This study also examines how individuating information, also known as job-related information, presented on social media influences employer decisions to hire job candidates. To test the research model, an experimental design was used to test how applicant political attitudes and individuating information displayed on Facebook and LinkedIn profiles, affect hireability evaluations. Our results indicate a number of significant relationships, including relationships between similarity, liking, and hireability, with moderating effects of social media platform proving significant as well. Collapse

Semantic filters: cognitive absorption general multivariate regression model

Topics: social media Facebook LinkedIn website human resource management

Methods: experiment structural equation modeling survey qualitative interview experimental design

Theories: organizational behavior theory social identity theory

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Social Media and Selection: Political Issue Similarity, Liking, and the Moderating Effect of Social Media Platform

“On Here, I’m Team Jacob:” Exploring Feelings of Belongingness in Virtual Communities

Social Media and Personnel Selection: How Does New Technology Change an Old Game?