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Combining behaviourist and interactionist approaches to explain applicants' attraction to organisations

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  • Daniel Roque Gomes
  • José Gonçalves Das Neves

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This study discusses a model of analysis integrating interactionist and behaviourist theoretical guidance to explain applicants' attraction to organisations. Through confirmatory methodology, we sustain a theoretical model pointing organisational attractiveness and perceived P-O fit as sequential mediators of the path starting on the organisational attributes and explaining intention to apply for a job vacancy. We justify our theoretical model along with a discussion regarding the integration of interactionist and behaviourist theoretical guidance to explain applicants' intention to apply for a vacancy. The main results sustain our theoretical model. The organisational attributes lead to attractiveness of the organisation. This positive affective reaction is critical for prospective applicants to perceive to be fitted to the organisation. This sequence of relations explains applicants' intention to apply for a job vacancy.

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  • Daniel Roque Gomes & José Gonçalves Das Neves, 2019. "Combining behaviourist and interactionist approaches to explain applicants' attraction to organisations," International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 19(3), pages 209-224.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhrdm:v:19:y:2019:i:3:p:209-224
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    1. Daniel Roque Gomes & Patricia Lourenço & Neuza Ribeiro, 2021. "When COVID-19 Is the Invader and Internal Communication Is the Hero: Understanding the Influence of Internal Communication on Individual Performance and Evaluating the Mediating Role of Perceived Supp," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-13, November.

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