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Running head : INSTRUMENTAL-SYMBOLIC EMPLOYER IMAGE The Instrumental and Symbolic Dimensions of Organizations ’ Image as an Employer : A Large-Scale Field Study on Employer Branding in Turkey
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hoye, Greet Van |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Research on recruitment and employer branding has typically been situated in Western countries with predominantly individualistic cultures. The present study investigates the instrumental-symbolic framework for studying organizations’ image and attraction as an employer in a non-Western collectivistic culture. In a large nationwide sample of Turkish university students, both instrumental (working conditions) and symbolic image dimensions (competence) were positively related to organizational attractiveness. Moreover, symbolic traits explained significant incremental variance beyond instrumental attributes and accounted for a greater amount of predictable variance. In addition, organizations were better differentiated from each other on the basis of symbolic image dimensions (sincerity and innovativeness) than on the basis of instrumental dimensions (task demands). Overall, these findings provide support for the applicability of the instrumental-symbolic framework across different countries, cultures, and organizations. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://users.ugent.be/~gvanhoye/bestanden/VanHoyeBasCromheeckeLievensAPIRinpress.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
