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100 1 0 _aBataoui, Soffien
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700 1 0 _a Gerard, Jessica
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700 1 0 _a Martin-Lacroux, Christelle
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245 0 0 _aWhen an SME’s Website Hospitality Helps to Attract Candidates
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520 _a• ObjectiveRecruitment is a difficult management act for organizations, and in particular for SMEs. In this context, an SME’s professional website constitutes a first point of contact between candidates and their potential employer, and is therefore an essential source of information. It is also a pull-factor for SMEs. Thus, we propose to draw on the literature relating to the environments displayed on merchant websites and apply it to the context of SME corporate websites. More specifically, within a recruitment context, we use the concept of virtual hospitality on an SME website to measure its effects on the application intentions of potential candidates. • MethodologyA corporate website for a fictitious company was created. It was then deployed in three versions, each with a different level of virtual hospitality (high, medium and low). The experiment was conducted on 1095 respondents. • ResultsThe results show that the level of virtual hospitality of a corporate website has an effect on the perceived dimensions of ‘warmth’ and ‘competence’ of the organization, the latter then mediating the relationship between level of virtual hospitality and intention to apply. • Managerial and societal implicationsIt is in the interest of SMEs wishing to attract candidates to design a hospitable website as this significantly contributes to improving candidates’ intention to apply. This study offers managers several easy-to-use recommendations for creating a more hospitable website (such as the insertion of social photos or employee testimonials). • OriginalityThis work highlights the potential of virtual hospitality as an integrating framework for building a humanized relationship between an employer and a candidate via a website.
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690 _aSME
690 _acompetence
690 _arecruitment
690 _awebsite
690 _avirtual hospitality
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690 _acompetence
690 _arecruitment
690 _awebsite
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786 0 _nDécisions Marketing | o 106 | 2 | 2022-07-19 | p. 197-211 | 0779-7389
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-decisions-marketing-2022-2-page-197?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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