A Multilevel Meta-Analytical Review of Job-Organizational Attraction during Recruitment

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dc.contributor.advisorChapman, Derek
dc.contributor.authorDavie, Christopher Aaron
dc.contributor.committeememberBourdage, Joshua
dc.contributor.committeememberCheung, Ho Kwan
dc.contributor.committeememberSteel, Piers
dc.date2023-11
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-04T18:16:02Z
dc.date.available2023-10-04T18:16:02Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-22
dc.description.abstractModern-day recruitment activities have become a critical activity for organizations as they participate in the “war for talent” (Michaels, Handfield-Jones, & Axelrod, 2001). We used multilevel meta-analytic models to examine the relationship between eight categories of recruitment predictors and the job-organization attraction of applicants during the first stage of recruitment. Based on 318 independent studies, 330 independent samples, 1243 correlation coefficients, and a total of 109,057 participants, we identified the strength of the relationships of job characteristics, organization characteristics, recruiter characteristics, perceptions of the recruitment process, perceived fit, perceived alternatives, hiring expectancy, and recruitment information source. Perceived fit was the strongest predictor category, with the strongest individual predictor being person-job fit. Applicant-type, applicant gender, applicant age, applicant race, and year of publication were shown to moderate the relationships between recruitment predictors and job-organization attraction. Lab-samples were shown to be different from field samples when applicants were considering advancement opportunities, person-job fit, perceived hiring expectancy, and whether the recruitment process was job-related. Online samples were shown to be different from field samples when applicants were considering compensation and advancement, advancement opportunities, and whether the recruitment process was job-related. Sample-specific characteristics (i.e., age, gender, and race) were shown to moderate many of the predictor-criterion relationships. Year of publication was shown to moderate many relationships, most showing that present-day applicants are placing increased importance on corporate social responsibility. These findings' theoretical and practical implications are discussed with suggestions for future research.
dc.identifier.citationDavie, C. A. (2023). A multilevel meta-analytical review of job-organizational attraction during recruitment (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/117247
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/42089
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
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dc.subjectRecruitment
dc.subjectAttraction
dc.subjectMeta-analysis
dc.subjectEmployee recruitment
dc.subjectJob applicants
dc.subjectSystematic review
dc.subjectOrganizational behavior
dc.subjectPsychological aspects
dc.subjectCorrelation analysis
dc.subjectCareer choice
dc.subjectStudies
dc.subjectQuantitative analysis
dc.subjectPersonnel psychology
dc.subjectPersonnel recruitment
dc.subjectOccupational choice
dc.subjectOccupational psychology
dc.subjectOrganization culture
dc.subjectPerson-environment fit
dc.subjectPerson-organization fit
dc.subjectJob search
dc.subjectJob choice
dc.subjectJob application
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectHuman resources
dc.subjectEmployee selection
dc.subjectCorporate culture
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Industrial
dc.titleA Multilevel Meta-Analytical Review of Job-Organizational Attraction during Recruitment
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudentI do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.
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