Daten aus sozialen Netzwerken! Sinnvoll in der Personalauswahl? '15 Minuten Wirtschaftspsychologie'

In Zeiten von Facebook & Co. kommen immer mehr Arbeitgeber auf die Idee, über ihre Beweber in sozialen Netzwerken zu recherchieren. Doch wieviel verraten soziale Netzwerke über die Persönlichkeitseigenschaften ihrer Nutzer? Wenig!


Literatur zur Vertiefung:

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Kluemper, D. H., Rosen, P. A. & Mossholder, K. W. (2012). Social networking websites, personality ratings, and the organizational context: more than meets the eye?. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 1-30.

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Roulin, Nicolas (2014): The influence of employers' use of social networking websites in selection, online self‐promotion, and personality on the likelihood of faux pas postings. International Journal of Selection and Assessment 22, S. 80–87.

Van Iddekinge, C. H., Lanivich, S. E., Roth, Ph. L., & Junco, E. (2013). Social media for selection? Validity and adverse impact potential of a facebook-based assessment. Journal of Management, 20, 1-13.

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