TY - JOUR
T1 - Selection in the information age
T2 - The impact of privacy concerns and computer experience on applicant reactions
AU - Bauer, Talya N.
AU - Truxillo, Donald M.
AU - Tucker, Jennifer S.
AU - Weathers, Vaunne
AU - Bertolino, Marilena
AU - Erdogan, Berrin
AU - Campion, Michael A.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - The authors examined the influence of personal information privacy concerns and computer experience on applicants' reactions to online screening procedures. Study 1 used a student sample simulating application for a fictitious management intern job with a state personnel agency (N = 117) and employed a longitudinal, laboratory-based design. Study 2 employed a field sample of actual applicants (N = 396) applying for jobs online. As predicted, procedural justice mediated the relationship between personal information privacy concerns and test-taking motivation, organizational attraction, and organizational intentions in the laboratory and field. Experience with computers moderated the relationship between procedural justice with test-taking motivation and organizational intentions in the field but not in the laboratory sample. Implications are discussed in terms of the importance of considering applicants' personal information privacy concerns and testing experience when designing online recruitment and selection systems.
AB - The authors examined the influence of personal information privacy concerns and computer experience on applicants' reactions to online screening procedures. Study 1 used a student sample simulating application for a fictitious management intern job with a state personnel agency (N = 117) and employed a longitudinal, laboratory-based design. Study 2 employed a field sample of actual applicants (N = 396) applying for jobs online. As predicted, procedural justice mediated the relationship between personal information privacy concerns and test-taking motivation, organizational attraction, and organizational intentions in the laboratory and field. Experience with computers moderated the relationship between procedural justice with test-taking motivation and organizational intentions in the field but not in the laboratory sample. Implications are discussed in terms of the importance of considering applicants' personal information privacy concerns and testing experience when designing online recruitment and selection systems.
KW - Applicant reactions
KW - Familiarity with computers
KW - Online selection
KW - Organizational justice
KW - Personal information privacy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748465725&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0149206306289829
DO - 10.1177/0149206306289829
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748465725
SN - 0149-2063
VL - 32
SP - 601
EP - 621
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
IS - 5
ER -