Perceptions of social performance in public enterprises and early job seekers’ intentions to apply

Seok Eun Kim and Sock Hwan Lee

International Review of Public Administration, 2021, vol. 26, issue 1, 41-56

Abstract: This article provides experimental evidence of the relationship between perceptions of social performance (SP) in public enterprises and early job seekers’ intentions to apply for a job. Data were drawn from 297 undergraduate students who were asked to express their perceptions of photographic slides showing various outcomes of SP in public enterprises. The results found that (1) mere observations of SP changed the job seekers’ perception of public enterprises, (2) the changed perceptions affected their intentions to apply for a job, and (3) not all dimensions of SP were equally important to them. SP related to ethical responsibility appeared to have a greater effect on their intentions to apply for a job than other dimensions of SP. The theoretical and practical implications of these experimental findings are discussed.

Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/12294659.2020.1848371 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:26:y:2021:i:1:p:41-56

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/RRPA20

DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2020.1848371

Access Statistics for this article

International Review of Public Administration is currently edited by Ralph Brower

More articles in International Review of Public Administration from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().