The Relation between Selection Expectations,Perceptions and Organizational Attraction: A test of competing models |
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| Authors: | Bert Schreurs Eva Derous Karin Proost Karel De Witte |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, Department of Organization and Strategy, Tongersestraat 53, 6211 LM Maastricht, The Netherlands, b.schreurs@MaastrichtUniversity.nl;2. Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium;3. Human Relations Research Group, Hogeschool‐Universiteit Brussel, Belgium;4. Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands;5. Research Group Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, K.U. Leuven, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Little is known about how applicants' selection expectations and perceptions interplay in predicting applicant attraction outcomes (organizational attractiveness, job pursuit intention, and recommendation intention). In the present study, 340 entry‐level applicants for jobs in a large financial company provided information about their selection expectations before the procedure, and about their perceptions and attraction to the organization after the procedure. Regression analyses indicated that applicant perceptions, and in particular perceptions of warmth/respect, mediated the relationship between selection expectations and organizational attractiveness and job pursuit intention. No support was found for the moderating role of selection expectations in the perception–attraction relationship. Implications for practice and future research are discussed. |
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