Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Successful recruitment efforts are increasingly important in a competitive job market, where job seekers are exposed to a wealth of opportunities, and employers must provide valuable information to attract talented individuals. Popular job search engines contain thousands of available positions, which allow job seekers to scan and decide which postings align with their goals and expectations. The purpose of this study is to investigate the ways in which applicants evaluate job postings, which by their nature contain information regarding multiple attributes of a job. This will be accomplished by investigating how job candidates combine their evaluations of each attribute to arrive at an overall evaluation of a job opportunity. Specifically, the study will examine the degree to which applicants use an averaging or adding rule in combining job attributes to decide which position vacancies are more desirable.
Date
October 2017
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
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License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Adding vs. Averaging: How Do Job Applicants Evaluate Job Attributes?
Successful recruitment efforts are increasingly important in a competitive job market, where job seekers are exposed to a wealth of opportunities, and employers must provide valuable information to attract talented individuals. Popular job search engines contain thousands of available positions, which allow job seekers to scan and decide which postings align with their goals and expectations. The purpose of this study is to investigate the ways in which applicants evaluate job postings, which by their nature contain information regarding multiple attributes of a job. This will be accomplished by investigating how job candidates combine their evaluations of each attribute to arrive at an overall evaluation of a job opportunity. Specifically, the study will examine the degree to which applicants use an averaging or adding rule in combining job attributes to decide which position vacancies are more desirable.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology