Future employment selection methods: evaluating social networking web sites

• Published in: Journal of managerial psychology Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 567 - 580
• Main Authors: Kluemper, Donald H, Rosen, Peter A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 14.08.2009; Emerald
• Subjects: Accuracy; Candidates; Employers; Employment; Employment interviews; Hiring; Human resource management; Intelligence; Internet; Job performance; Marital status; Occupational psychology; Personal information; Personality; Personnel selection; Ratings & rankings; Recruitment; Selection; Self report; Social networks; Social research; Studies; Validity; Web sites; Websites; Social networks; Internet; Selection; Recruitment

Purpose - The use of social networking web sites (SNWs), like Facebook and MySpace, has become extremely popular, particularly with today's emerging workforce. Employers, aware of this phenomenon, have begun to use the personal information available on SNWs to make hiring decisions. The purpose...