Job Seeking in Social Networking Sites: A Model of Job Seekers’ Intention

Abstract:

We propose a model for studying job seekers’ behavioural intentions to use job seeking social networking sites (SNSs) for securing jobs. To test our model, an online survey was conducted and 48 valid questionnaires were collected. Some important findings include: perceived usefulness has a positive influence on users’ use of job seeking SNS and social information capital could positively affect users’ perceived usefulness.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 701-702)
• Pages: 1399-1410
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.701-702.1399
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Fang Fang*
• Keywords: Jobseekers’ Intention, Perceived Usefulness, Social Information, Social Networking Sties

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