Table 1.

The role of SM/SNSs on recruitment and selection: 52 papers

Paper titleAuthor(s) and year of publicationJournal name with volume and issue
The impact of social media recruitment on job candidates’ perceptions: evidence from Bangladeshi fresh graduatesHosain and Liu (2020) Postmodern Openings, 11(1)
Social media recruitment: the role of credibility and satisfactionMuduli and Trivedi (2020) Evidence-based HRM, 8(2)
Social media recruitment: communication characteristics and gratificationsCarpentier et al. (2019) Frontiers in Psychology, 10(7)
Social media screening and content effects: implications for job applicant reactionsJeske and Shultz (2019) International Journal of Manpower, 40(1)
Predicting self-disclosure in recruitment in the context of social media screeningJeske et al. (2019) Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 31
LinkedIn as a new selection method: psychometric properties and assessment approachRoulin and Levashina (2018) Personnel Psychology, 72(2)
Use of social networking sites for recruiting and selecting in the hiring processVilleda and McCamey (2019) International Business Research, 12(3)
Digital “women’s work?”: job recruitment ads and the feminization of social media employmentDuffy and Schwartz (2018) New Media and Society, 20(8)
Understanding the recruitment and selection processes of management accountants: an explorative studyLepistö and Ihantola (2018)  Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 15(1)
Marketing video-enabled social media as part of your e-recruitment strategy: stop trying to be trendyEsch and Mente (2018) Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 44
Social media recruitment 3.0: toward a new paradigm of strategic recruitment communicationAggerholm and Andersen (2018) Journal of Communication Management, 22(2)
A multi-model recruitment strategy using social media and internet-mediated methods to recruit a multidisciplinary, international sample of clinicians to an online research studyMcRobert et al. (2018) PLoS ONE 13(7)
How passive job candidates respond to social networking site screeningSuen (2018) Computers in Human Behavior, 85
The impact of social media on recruitment: are you LinkedIn?Koch et al. (2018) SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 16(1)
The role of the internet and social networks in the recruitment and selection processAgneš et al. (2017) Strategic Management, 22(3)
Getting a job via career-oriented social networking marketsBuettner (2017) Electron Markets, 27
Applicant perspectives during selection: a review addressing so What? “What is new?” and “where to next?”McCarthy et al. (2017) Journal of Management, 43
Interpersonal perception of LinkedIn profiles and employabilityRamon et al. (2017) Aloma: Journal of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sports, 35(2)
Facebook profile picture appearance affects recruiters’ first hiring decisionsBaert (2017) New Media and Society, 20(3)
Using social media as a research recruitment tool: ethical issues and recommendationsGelinas et al. (2017) The American Journal of Bioethics, 17(3)
Technology adoption in employee recruitment: the case of social media in Central and Eastern EuropeEl-Ouirdi et al. (2016) Computers in Human Behavior, 57
Facebook, Twitter and Qr codes: an exploratory trial examining the feasibility of social media mechanisms for sample recruitmentGu et al. (2016) Computers in Human Behavior, 60
Online and social media recruitment: hospitality employer and prospective employee considerationsLadkin and Buhalis (2016) International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 28(2)
Publishing personal information online: how employers’ access, observe and use social networking sites within selection proceduresHoek et al. (2016) Personnel Review, 45(1)
Applicant reactions to social network web use in personnel selection and assessmentAguado et al. (2016) Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(3)
Social media for selection? Validity and adverse impact potential of a Facebook-based assessmentVan-Iddekinge et al. (2016) Journal of Management, 42(7)
Social media in employee-selection-related decisions: a research agenda for uncharted territory Roth et al. (2013) Journal of Management, 42(1)
The influence of social media on recruitment and selection process in SMEsYaseen and Yussef (2016) Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 4(2)
Social influence and technology acceptance: the use of personal social media as a career enhancement tool among college studentsAluri and Tucker (2015) Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, 27(2)
Social media usage in hotel human resources: recruitment, hiring and communicationGibbs et al. (2015) International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 27(2)
The use of social network sites as an e-recruitment toolMelanthiou et al. (2015) Journal of Transnational Management, 20(1)
Predictors of job seekers’ self-disclosure on social mediaEl-Ouirdi et al. (2015) Computers in Human Behavior, 53
Using social media content for screening in recruitment and selection: pros and consJeske and Shultz (2015) Work, Employment and Society, 30(3)
Social media and internet driven study recruitment: evaluating a new model for promoting collaborator engagement and participationKhatri et al. (2015) PLoS ONE 10(3)
Examining applicant reactions to the use of social networking websites in pre-employment screeningStoughton et al. (2015) Journal of Business and Psychology, 31
Self-presentation and hiring recommendations in online communities: Lessons from LinkedInChiang and Suen (2015) Computers in Human Behavior, 48
Cybervetting, online information and personnel selection: new transparency expectations and the emergence of a digital social contractBerkelaar (2014) Management Communication Quarterly, 28(4)
Leveraging social media to enhance recruitment effectiveness: a Facebook experimentCarrillat et al. (2014) Internet Research, 24(4)
Social media recruitment and online data collection: a beginner’s guide and best practices for accessing low-prevalence and hard-to-reach populationsKing et al. (2014) Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 55(4)
LinkedIn and recruitment: how profiles differ across occupationsZide et al. (2014) Employee Relations, 36(5)
Information from social networking sites: Context collapse and ambiguity in hiring processPike et al. (2014) Information Systems Journal, 28
Social networking web sites in job search and employee recruitmentNikolaou (2014) International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 22(2)
Social networking sites and hiring: How social media profiles influence hiring decisionsSameen and Cornelius (2013) Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, 7(1)
Social networking websites in personnel selection: a signaling perspective on recruiters’ and applicants’ perceptionsRoulin and Bangerter (2013) Personnel Psychology, 12(3)
Social media in employee selection-related decisions: a research agenda for uncharted territoryRoth et al. (2013) Journal of Management, 20(10)
Online social networks: an emergent recruiter tool for attracting and screeningOllington et al. (2013) Personnel Review, 42(3)
Should human resource managers use social media to screen of job applicants: managerial and legal issues in the USASlovensky and Ross (2012) Info, 14(1)
Using social networking sites as a selection tool: the role of selection process fairness and job pursuit intentionsMadera (2012) International Journal of Hospitality Management, 31(4)
The writing on the (Facebook) wall: the use of social networking sites in hiring decisionsBrown and Vaughn (2011) Journal of Business Psychology, 26
Legal implications of employee social media useDennis (2011) Massachusetts Law Review, 93(4)
Best practices for using social media as a recruitment strategyMadia (2011) Strategic HR Review, 10(6)
LinkedIn and Facebook in Belgium: the influences and biases of social network sites in recruitment and selection proceduresCaers and Castelyns (2010) Social Science Computer Review, 29(4)
Source: Literature survey

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