Facebook fired: Legal perspectives and young adults’ opinions on the use of social media in hiring and firing decisions

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Highlights:

• Most young adults do not support use of social media in hiring/firing decisions.

• Those with low self-control and high openness are likely to oppose this practice.

• Those who endorse the hookup culture are more likely to oppose this practice.

• Most young adults express liberal views of what is acceptable to post online.

摘要

•Most young adults do not support use of social media in hiring/firing decisions.•Those with low self-control and high openness are likely to oppose this practice.•Those who endorse the hookup culture are more likely to oppose this practice.•Most young adults express liberal views of what is acceptable to post online.

论文关键词:Social networking,Young adults,Job terminations,Psychological characteristics,Social media

论文评审过程:Available online 24 January 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.011