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Using A Realistic Job Preview To Communicate Organizational Culture, Johanna Glode
Using A Realistic Job Preview To Communicate Organizational Culture, Johanna Glode
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The present study sought to determine how organizational culture information could best be presented to job applicants for the purpose of attracting employees who will fit into an organization's culture. Attraction to the organization's culture was hypothesized to influence applicant self-selection into the company. Two different types of Realistic Job Previews (RJPs), semantic and episodic, were compared in their ability to convey information accurately about a hypothetical organizational culture. Participant knowledge of the culture was hypothesized to align objective, or actual, fit with subjective perceptions of fit.
Knowledge of the organization's culture, objective fit, subjective fit, attractiveness of the culture, …