Predictors of job seekers’ self-disclosure on social media |
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Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Stadscampus Prinsstraat 13, S.B.216, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium;2. Antwerp Management School, Sint-Jacobsmarkt 9-13, BE-2000 Antwerpen, Belgium;3. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano, Italy;1. School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, United States;2. College of Mass Communication & Media Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China;2. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA;1. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany;2. University of Tübingen, Germany |
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Abstract: | Social media-based screening is a well-known practice to both recruiters and job seekers. Little is known, however, about how job seekers present themselves on social media, i.e. ‘self-disclosure’, for employment purposes. This study builds on the theories of hyperpersonal computer-mediated communication, self-efficacy and social exchange to examine job seekers’ professional online image concerns, social media self-efficacy, and perceptions of social media effectiveness in the job search as predictors of inappropriate and career-oriented self-disclosures on these media. Findings from a sample of 3374 Italian respondents showed that career-oriented self-disclosure was predicted by all three factors, whereas inappropriate self-disclosure was only predicted by social media self-efficacy. Furthermore, the relationship between professional online image concerns and inappropriate self-disclosure was moderated by age, education and work experience, but not by gender. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, and directions for future research are suggested. |
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Keywords: | Self-disclosure Social media Social recruiting Social exchange theory Self-efficacy Hyperpersonal computer-mediated communication |
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