LinkedIn “Big Four”: Job Performance Validation in the ICT Sector

Social networks websites, and specially the LinkedIn platform, have changed the landscape of recruitment and personnel selection to a unified organizational process. Thus, apart from using LinkedIn as a recruitment tool, professionals also use it to make evaluative inferences regarding the individua...

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Published in:Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones 2019, Vol.35 (2), p.53-64
Main Authors: Aguado, David, Andrés, José C., García-Izquierdo, Antonio L., Rodríguez, Jesús
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessment
Candidates
Communications networks
Criterion oriented validity
Decision making
Employment
Human resources
Incumbents
Job performance
Labor market
LinkedIn
Occupational psychology
Organization theory
Personnel selection
Professional development
Professionals
Recruitment
Social network websites
Social networks
Web portals
Websites
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Summary:Social networks websites, and specially the LinkedIn platform, have changed the landscape of recruitment and personnel selection to a unified organizational process. Thus, apart from using LinkedIn as a recruitment tool, professionals also use it to make evaluative inferences regarding the individual characteristics of the candidates (e.g., their personality). However, most of the research focused on LinkedIn has left aside the evidence about its validity for decision making in the work setting. In our study we analyze the criterion oriented validity of LinkedIn incumbents professional profiles (N = 615) in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector with some measures of job performance. The results show four major factors underlying LinkedIn profiles about professional experience, social capital, updating knowledge, and non-profesional information. These factors are significantly related to productivity, absenteeism, and the potential for professional development. These findings are discussed in light of their theoretical and practical implications.
ISSN:1576-5962
2174-0534
DOI:10.5093/jwop2019a7