WHERE HAS MY RECRUITER GONE? THE EFFECTS OF TRUSTWORTHY RECRUITER BEHAVIOR ON APPLICANT JOB INTENTIONS

dc.contributor.advisor Van Hein, Judith
dc.contributor.author McLaughlin, Caleb McLaughlin
dc.contributor.committeemember McCarthy, Patrick
dc.contributor.committeemember Frame, Mark
dc.contributor.department Psychology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-04T20:15:27Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-04T20:15:27Z
dc.date.issued 2017-06-22
dc.description.abstract ABSTRACT
dc.description.abstract Research has shown that characteristics of recruiters impact job applicant attitudes, and suggests that these effects change throughout the recruiting life-cycle. This study included 220 participants, and the results of this study indicate that applicants’ recruiter perceptions develop throughout the recruitment process, and predict intentions to pursue a job. Recruiter trustworthiness predicted job pursuit intentions in stage 1 of recruitment, the initial conversations and job application, stage 2, the interviews, and stage 3, the time following the final interview. Recruiter timeliness accounted for the most variance in these job pursuit intentions in stage 2, and recruiter helpfulness accounted for the most variance in stage 3. Recruiter trustworthiness mediated the relationship between timeliness, helpfulness and job pursuit intentions in stage 1, between timeliness and job intentions in stage 2, and between helpfulness and job intentions in stage 3, indicating recruiter behaviors impact applicant intentions by building an open and honest relationship.
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5425
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.subject Applicants
dc.subject Job pursuit intentions
dc.subject Organizational attractiveness
dc.subject Recruitment
dc.subject Timeliness
dc.subject Trustworthiness
dc.subject.umi Organizational behavior
dc.subject.umi Organization theory
dc.subject.umi Management
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreelevel Masters
dc.title WHERE HAS MY RECRUITER GONE? THE EFFECTS OF TRUSTWORTHY RECRUITER BEHAVIOR ON APPLICANT JOB INTENTIONS
dc.type Thesis
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