The Mediating Processes Linking Applicant Personality Traits and Interviewer Evaluation |
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| Authors: | Chien‐Cheng Chen Yin‐Mei Huang Tun‐Chun Huang I‐Chun Liu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Business Management, National Taipei University of Technology, 1, Chung‐Hsiao East Road, Section 3, Taipei 10608, Taiwan. ccchen@ntut.edu.tw;2. Department of Business Administration, Tunghai University, Taichung City 40704, Taiwan;3. Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management, Bao‐Shan Campus, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City 50074, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | This study examines interview preparations (i.e., social preparation and background preparation) and impression management (IM) tactics (i.e., self‐focused IM and other‐focused IM) as the mechanisms between applicant personality characteristics and interviewer evaluation. Data were collected from both actual job applicants and interviewers. Results show that personality characteristics (i.e., extraversion and conscientiousness) have indirect effects on interviewer evaluation in terms of perceived person–job fit (P–J fit) and interpersonal liking through these two types of applicant behaviors. This study accomplishes two goals: (1) it extends the socioanalytic theory of personality ( Hogan, 1996 ) by testing the intervening roles played by applicants' behaviors that correspond to getting along with and getting ahead of others; and (2) it suggests that these applicant behaviors might be important cues for practical interviewers' effective assessment of applicants' performance‐related characteristics. |
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