Realistic recruitment practices in organizations: The potential benefits of generalized expectancy calibration

Realistic Job Previews (RJPs) have been studied by researchers and utilized by practitioners to attenuate early turnover by providing both positive and negative information about a job and organization to job applicants. Historically, RJPs have suffered from several criticisms including modest effec...

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Published in:Human resource management review 2009-03, Vol.19 (1), p.1-8
Main Authors: Morse, Brendan J., Popovich, Paula M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Employee turnover
Organization development
Recruitment
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Summary:Realistic Job Previews (RJPs) have been studied by researchers and utilized by practitioners to attenuate early turnover by providing both positive and negative information about a job and organization to job applicants. Historically, RJPs have suffered from several criticisms including modest effect sizes, cost of development, and potential self-selection effects. Recently, the expectancy lowering procedure (ELP: Buckley, Fedor, Veres, Wiese, & Carraher has been developed and tested to address these limitations of the RJP. The purpose of this review is to provide historical foundations and persistent limitations of the RJP, and to extend propositions supporting the ELP as an effective alternative procedure.
ISSN:1053-4822
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DOI:10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.09.002