Why Are Individuals Attracted to Organizations?

Karen Holcombe Ehrhart; Jonathan C. Ziegert

doi:10.1177/0149206305279759

Why Are Individuals Attracted to Organizations?

Karen Holcombe Ehrhart¹; Jonathan C. Ziegert²

¹ Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92182-4611, · ² Department of Management, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, 101 North 33rd Street Academic Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Journal of Management 2005

Applicant attraction is vital to the success of an organization. Despite its importance, however, research on it has tended to proceed in a relatively piecemeal way. Accordingly, the authors present a framework for attraction research through an examination of the underlying relevant theories. Specifically, they identify three overarching metatheories focusing on environment processing, interactionist processing, and self-processing that form the basis for their theoretical model. The authors conclude with an examination of future research directions.

DOI: 10.1177/0149206305279759
Volume: 31 (6)
Pages: 901-919
Language: en
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