Title: E-recruitment adoption among job-seekers: role of vividness and perceived internet stress in shaping their intentions

Authors: Davinder Kaur; Rajpreet Kaur

Addresses: Department of Management, I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Main campus, Kapurthala – 144603, Punjab, India ' Department of Management, I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Main campus, Kapurthala – 144603, Punjab, India

Abstract: Drawn from technology acceptance model, this study establishes a theoretical framework for the analytical interpretation of factors affecting job-seekers intention to use e-recruitment websites. Using the data obtained from 379 respondents in India, ten hypotheses derived from the experimental model are evaluated using a structural equation modelling technique. Vividness, perceived usefulness (PU), and attitude have been shown to have a significant positive impact on the behavioural intentions (BIs) of job-seekers, although perceived ease of use (PEOU) did not. Furthermore, perceived internet stress (PIS) is observed to be a significant antecedent PEOU; and PEOU is of PU. Such findings broaden our knowledge of e-recruiting in various ways and offer qualitative insights into the potential impact of website functionality on the attractiveness of job-seekers.

Keywords: e-recruitment; technology acceptance model; TAM; vividness; perceived usefulness; perceived ease of use; PEOU; behavioural intentions; perceived internet stress; PIS; job-seekers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2024.142582

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2024 Vol.47 No.3, pp.418 - 433

Received: 09 Aug 2020
Accepted: 20 May 2021
Published online: 11 Nov 2024 *

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