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Acceptance of Online Social Networks as an HR Staffing Tool: Result from a Multi-country Sample

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The popular online social networks are increasingly used by business organizations for various business activities. This research focused on the adoption of online social networks by human resources (HR) professionals as a tool in organizational staffing activities. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was the theoretical basis of this study which sought to investigate the issue with a multi-country sample. Online questionnaire invitations were sent to HR practitioners in Taiwan, India, Spain and Guatemala, which generated 101 valid responses. Partial least square-based structural equation modeling was used to fit the proposed model and test the research hypotheses. Results indicated that, as hypothesized, the perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and subjective norms in TAM model effectively explained HR practitioners’ behavioral intention to use online social networks for staffing activities in our sample. Limitations and future research were also discussed.

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  1. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chu-Chen Rosa Yeh & Karen Castellanos Gossmann

  2. National University of Kaohsiung, 700, Kaohsiung University Rd., Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, 811, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Karen Castellanos Gossmann & Yu-Hui Tao

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  1. National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    Leon Wang

  2. Matsuyama University, Matsuyama, Japan

    Shiro Uesugi

  3. National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    I-Hsien Ting

  4. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Koji Okuhara

  5. National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    Kai Wang

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Yeh, CC.R., Gossmann, K.C., Tao, YH. (2015). Acceptance of Online Social Networks as an HR Staffing Tool: Result from a Multi-country Sample. In: Wang, L., Uesugi, S., Ting, IH., Okuhara, K., Wang, K. (eds) Multidisciplinary Social Networks Research. MISNC 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 540. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48319-0_6

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