Social Media in Employee Selection and Recruitment

Part I. Introduction

1. Social Media in Employee Selection and Recruitment: An Overview
Richard N. Landers, Gordon B. Schmidt

Part II. Current Applications

2. Social Media as a Personnel Selection and Hiring Resource: Reservations and Recommendations
H. Kristl Davison, Mark N. Bing, Donald H. Kluemper, Philip L. Roth

3. Theoretical Propositions About Cybervetting: A Common Antecedents Model
Julia L. Berger, Michael J. Zickar

4. An Uncertainty Reduction Approach to Applicant Information-Seeking in Social Media: Effects on Attributions and Hiring
Caleb T. Carr

5. Social Media Use: Antecedents and Outcomes of Sharing
Nathan Weidner, Kimberly E. O’Brien, Kevin T. Wynne

6. Game-Thinking Within Social Media to Recruit and Select Job Candidates
Andrew B. Collmus, Michael B. Armstrong, Richard N. Landers

Part III. Practical Guidelines

7. Social Media, Big Data, and Employment Decisions: Mo’ Data, Mo’ Problems?
Sarah Guilfoyle, Shawn M. Bergman, Christopher Hartwell, Jonathan Powers

8. Comparing the Social Media in the United States and BRIC Nations, and the Challenges Faced in International Selection
Brandon Shields, Julia Levashina

9. Social Media and Employee Recruitment: Chasing the Run Away Bandwagon
Yalcin Acikgoz, Shawn M. Bergman

10. How to Stay Current in Social Media to Be Competitive in Recruitment and Selection
Stephanie L. Black, Montressa L. Washington, Gordon B. Schmidt

Part IV. Challenges and Limitations

11. Impression Management and Social Media Profiles
Nicolas Roulin, Julia Levashina

12. Applicant Reactions to Social Media in Selection: Early Returns and Future Directions
J. William Stoughton

13. Legal Concerns When Considering Social Media Data in Selection
Gordon B. Schmidt, Kimberly W. O’Connor

14. Online Exclusion: Biases That May Arise When Using Social Media in Talent Acquisition
Enrica N. Ruggs, Sarah Singletary Walker, Anita Blanchard, Shahar Gur

15. Is John Smith Really John Smith? Misrepresentations and Misattributions of Candidates Using Social Media and Social Networking Sites
Noelle B. Frantz, Elizabeth S. Pears, E. Daly Vaughn, Jared Z. Ferrell, Nikki M. Dudley

Part V. Future Directions

16. Social Media in Employee Selection and Recruitment: Current Knowledge, Unanswered Questions, and Future Directions
Richard N. Landers, Gordon B. Schmidt

Keywords: Psychology, Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology