Effects of realistic job previews on multiple organizational outcomes: A meta-analysis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Phillips, JM
• 署名单位: Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256964
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 673-690
• 关键词: field experiment; attitudes; turnover; COMMUNICATION; expectations; INFORMATION; strategies; adjustment; acceptance; voluntary

摘要

Through a quantitative meta-analysis of 40 studies of realistic job previews (RJPs), 26 of which were published, the effects of RJPs on attrition from the job recruitment process, the level and accuracy of initial job expectations, affective reactions, job performance, and turnover were assessed. In general, RJPs were related to higher performance and to lower attrition from the recruitment process, initial expectations, voluntary turnover, and all turnover. Moderating effects of the timing and medium of an RTP and of whether a study was conducted in the laboratory or the field indicated that the effectiveness of RJPs can be enhanced through properly matching RTP methods with the organizational outcomes of interest.