Social networking information and job applicants' background check: mediating and moderating effects of employers' behavioural intention and legal consideration
by Md. Sajjad Hosain; Mohitul Ameen Ahmed Mustafi
Middle East J. of Management (MEJM), Vol. 10, No. 5, 2023

Abstract: This paper aims to reveal the relationship between social networking information (SNI) and job applicants' background checking (ABC) process in Bangladesh with mediating and moderating effects of employers' behavioural intention (EBI) and legal consideration (LC). We segregated SNI into further three components: perceived availability of information (PAI), perceived relevance of information (PRI) and perceived usability of information (PUI). Based on 436 valid responses, we utilised SPSS 24 for descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (with AMOS 24) for testing the hypothesised relationships. We found that PAI has significant positive relationship with ABC while PRI has significant negative and PUI has insignificant positive relationships with ABC. Further, we revealed that both the mediators: LC and EBI mediate the relationships between PAI and ABC; and PRI and ABC but do not mediate the relationship between PUI and ABC. Lastly, we identified that two moderators can moderate all the three direct relationships. We also discussed the implications and limitations.

Online publication date: Fri, 01-Sep-2023

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