This study looks at the use of LinkedIn in the United Arab Emirates. In–depth interviews with representatives of five organisations and five recruitment companies based in the UAE were conducted to evaluate the use of LinkedIn as a recruitment tool. The study showed that LinkedIn is a cost effective recruitment tool. It is efficient when looking for candidates at the senior level or for those w...

Purpose – The aim of this study is to analyse the extent to which Eurozone companies use the social network LinkedIn, how they manage their online practices, what is their typical audience, and which are the potential factors influencing both extent and audience. Design/methodology/approach – To examine how stakeholder engagement is managed by using LinkedIn, a sample of 306 companies listed in...

This study explores how Linkedin shapes patterns of deception in resumes. The general self-presentation goal to appear favorably to others motivates deception when one's true characteristics are inconsistent with their desired impression. Because Linkedin makes resume claims public, deception patterns should be altered relative to traditional resumes. Participants (n=119) in a between-subjects ...

Online professional social networks are becoming an instrumental tool to facilitate relationships between business and technology professionals for career success. Even though tools such as LinkedIn can be used to manage human capital for career success use and adoption still is not universally accepted. This paper seeks to better understand the effect university, gender, and degree type has on...

LinkedIn is one of the most popular social networking sites that is used for professional purposes and it is the world’s largest professional network as well. The aim of this study is to explore the uses and gratifications of LinkedIn among users in Turkey. For this, a two-stage approach was used. In the first stage, a total of 45 open-ended questionnaires were collected and 33 closed-ended ite...

The impact of physical attractiveness and amount of information presented through LinkedIn was examined in this study. Participants recruited through the professional networking site, LinkedIn, were asked to look at one of six LinkedIn profiles and make judgments based on the information presented. The study design was a 3 x 2 between-subjects factorial design in which the factors were attracti...