title: Diversity cues on recruitment websites: investigating the effects on job seekers' information processing.
abstract: Although job seekers' motivation to process the information encountered during recruitment partially influences recruitment success, little is known about what motivates more thorough information processing. To address this issue, we integrated recruitment and social information processing theories to examine the possibility that diversity cues on recruitment websites influence website viewers' processing of presented information. Utilizing a controlled experiment and a hypothetical organization, Study 1 revealed that both Blacks and Whites spent more time viewing recruitment websites and better recalled website information when the sites included racial diversity cues. These relationships were stronger for Blacks, and organizational attractiveness perceptions mediated these effects for Blacks but not for Whites. Study 2 found similar relationships for Black and White participants viewing real organizational recruitment websites after taking into account perceived organizational attributes and website design effects. Implications of these findings for recruiting organizations are discussed.
authors: Area of Management, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA. jack.walker@ttu.edu
authors: H Jack
authors: HJ
authors: Walker
authors: Hubert S
authors: HS
authors: Feild
authors: Jeremy B
authors: JB
authors: Bernerth
authors: J Bret
authors: JB
authors: Becton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology; D003463:Cues; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010560:Personnel Selection; D012938:Social Perception; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult