Graduates' reactions to recruitment process outsourcing: A scenario-based study
Marius Claus Wehner, Angelo Giardini, Rüdiger Kabst
Human Resource Management · 2012 · Volume 51 · Issue 4
Abstract
This study examines how successive outsourcing of recruitment activities to an external provider—also known as recruitment process outsourcing (RPO)—affects graduates' reactions. Using an experimental scenario technique, a total of 158 graduates participated in four hypothetical scenarios that have been developed as an experimental between-subject design. Results provide support for negative effects of the extent of RPO on graduates' satisfaction with the recruitment process and company attractiveness. More-over, mediated by graduates' satisfaction with the recruitment process and company attractiveness, an increasing extent of RPO negatively influences job-acceptance intentions. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords
outsourcing, recruitment, selection, applicant reaction
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