Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
3-2009
Abstract
Organization personality perceptions have been defined as the set of personality characteristics associated with organizations. Previous research supports five distinct factors of organization personality perceptions: Boy Scout, Innovativeness, Dominance, Thrift, and Style. The purpose of this research was to understand how individuals' initial attraction to firms is influenced by their perceptions of the degree to which firms display these traits. Results of the present investigation indicated that organization personality perceptions accounted for significant variance in initial organizational attraction, after controlling for perceptions of the degree to which the jobs at the organizations offer traditional attributes. In addition, several self-rated Big Five personality characteristics interacted with dimensions of organization personality perceptions to influence attraction. Implications for the use of organization personality in future recruitment research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Volume
17
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
18
ISSN
0965-075X
Identifier
10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00447.x
Publisher
Blackwell
Citation
Slaughter, Jerel E. and GREGURAS, Gary J..
Initial Attraction to Organizations: The Influence of Trait Inferences. (2009). International Journal of Selection and Assessment. 17, (1), 1-18.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1418
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00447.x