Specimens of the bracket fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) werecollected from highly polluted sites in Czechoslovakia and also fromEngland. The bracket fungus was found to be an…
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Specimens of the bracket fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) were collected from highly polluted sites in Czechoslovakia and also from England. The bracket fungus was found to be an excellent long‐term monitor/accumulator of atmospheric pollutants and collected material arriving by impaction and sedimentation from the atmospheric environment.
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‘The Wind of Change’ was a phrase coined to forecast the change inevitable for the future of a continent. It could not be precise because the wind bloweth where it listeth and can…
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‘The Wind of Change’ was a phrase coined to forecast the change inevitable for the future of a continent. It could not be precise because the wind bloweth where it listeth and can be harmful and beneficial in turn.
Barrie O. Pettman and Brian Showler
Industrial training in Great Britain has been analysed in an article in the previous issue of this journal. Here we would like to concentrate on the training of the individual and…
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Industrial training in Great Britain has been analysed in an article in the previous issue of this journal. Here we would like to concentrate on the training of the individual and the Government's role in assisting this training over the period 1917 to 1973.
Hypertac Ltd have developed an impressive 2100‐way backplane which they regard as a significant development in high density connectors.
Joel Nadler, Maya Gann-Bociek and Brian Skaggs
The purpose of this study was to examine how interview support materials provided on a company’s website would impact potential employees’ perceptions of organizational…
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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine how interview support materials provided on a company’s website would impact potential employees’ perceptions of organizational attractiveness (OA). This study examined the effects of interviewer, interview support and employee variables on employees’ perceptions of OA.
Design/methodology/approach
This study obtained data from 276 working adults. The participants were asked to visualize that they were selected for an interview, then were given one of four manipulations (with interview support, without interview support; informed participant interview would be with a potential peer, or interview would be with a potential supervisor) and post-manipulation measures (OA perception, trait anxiety, demographics).
Findings
This study’s results indicated that interviewer characteristics (peer or supervisor) were not significant; however, women and individuals with a lower socio-economic (SES) status found organizations to be more attractive when provided with interview support. There was an opposite effect on men and those with a higher SES.
Research limitations/implications
This study recognizes that the lack of demographic diversity and realism were limitations that must be considered; however, this study also recognizes that these findings have several practical implications (considering offering interview support, potential ideas to increase OA) and social implications (increasing demographic diversity in the workplace by also aiding historically disadvantaged groups).
Practical implications
Knowledge of who would be conducting the selection interview potential future peer versus a future supervisor did not affect organizational attraction OA ratings. Interview support offered on a company website had a positive impact on perceptions of OA for women and individuals with lower SES; however, the same support had a negative impact on perceptions of OA for men and individuals with higher SES.
Originality/Value
In addition to the social and practical implications this study holds, the authors of this study are not aware of any additional studies that examine gender and SES on organizational attraction.