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Does socioeconomic status moderate the relation between cultural wording of recruitment information and organizational attraction?

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Strategies to increase socioeconomic status (SES) diversity within organizations have been given little attention. Research suggests that subtle characteristics of recruitment materials influence peoples' perceptions of organizations. In this hybrid registered report, we examined whether SES moderates the relation between individualistic-collectivistic recruitment message wording and organizational attraction. Using a large sample (N = 652), we found that people high in SES were more attracted to collectivistic-worded recruitment information than were people low in SES. People low in SES were more attracted to individualistic-worded recruitment information than collectivistic-worded recruitment information. The implications of our findings and directions for future research are discussed.

Publication Date

2023

Publication Title

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000339

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