Social Capital and Job Search Behavior in the Services Industry: Online Social Networks Perspective

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Alternative codes found

RIV/04130081:_____/22:N0000019

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.29036/jots.v13i25.481" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.29036/jots.v13i25.481</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.29036/jots.v13i25.481" target="_blank" >10.29036/jots.v13i25.481</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Social Capital and Job Search Behavior in the Services Industry: Online Social Networks Perspective

Original language description

Although job seeker social capital is considered a fundamental determinant of job-finding ability, it has yet to be discovered which activities contribute to its formation in the online social networking environment. Therefore, this study aims to reveal how job-seekers use online social networks, which job-searching activities increase their social capital and consequently contribute to finding a job in the services sector. The analyzed data were collected through an online questionnaire completed by 431 respondents. The resulting regression model identified two significant factors, namely the use of an online social network to directly contact a potential employer (p-value = 0.0017) and membership in Facebook professional groups in the area in which the respondent was looking for a job (p-value &lt; 0.0001). The results confirmed that job-seekers who conduct both identified activities would have a 1.94 times bigger chance of finding a job. On the other hand, if they would not perform either of the activities, the probability of not finding a job would be 6.69 times higher. This study has several implications for human resource management theory and practice. First, it identifies job-seekers activities to find a job on online social networks and specifies the activities which lead to getting a job. Second, it enriches the Uses and Gratification theory by revealing that job-seekers prioritize the saturation of social needs over cognitive needs when searching for jobs on online social networking sites.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50803 - Information science (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Tourism and Services

ISSN

1804-5650

e-ISSN

1804-5650

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

25

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

267-278

UT code for WoS article

000905637300012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85146381481