More Glitter than Gold? - An Analysis of Virtual Impression Management Behavior in Online Career-networks

Pia Keysers, Fabian Storch, Julia Nitsche, Henning Staar

2015

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze virtual impression management behavior of students on a German online career network site. In addition, it was analyzed if gender specific differences would exist in the subjects’ impression management behavior. In general, the study indicated that students indeed present themselves in career networks like Xing in an idealized way. However, it appears that the students’ Xing profile pages are more realistic than expected. Reasons for these findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are given.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Keysers P., Storch F., Nitsche J. and Staar H. (2015). More Glitter than Gold? - An Analysis of Virtual Impression Management Behavior in Online Career-networks . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: STDIS, (WEBIST 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-106-9, pages 647-654. DOI: 10.5220/0005452206470654

in Bibtex Style

@conference{stdis15,
author={Pia Keysers and Fabian Storch and Julia Nitsche and Henning Staar},
title={More Glitter than Gold? - An Analysis of Virtual Impression Management Behavior in Online Career-networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: STDIS, (WEBIST 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={647-654},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005452206470654},
isbn={978-989-758-106-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: STDIS, (WEBIST 2015)
TI - More Glitter than Gold? - An Analysis of Virtual Impression Management Behavior in Online Career-networks
SN - 978-989-758-106-9
AU - Keysers P.
AU - Storch F.
AU - Nitsche J.
AU - Staar H.
PY - 2015
SP - 647
EP - 654
DO - 10.5220/0005452206470654