FACTORS RELATED TO JOB ACCEPTANCE DECISIONS OF COLLEGE RECRUITS

We investigated factors related to job acceptance decisions of college recruits who visited a large petrochemical company. We extended earlier recruitment research by surveying subjects following site visits instead of campus interviews, by measuring actual job offer decisions instead of only intentions, and by collecting data across 2 years. In general, overall evaluations of the site visit, perceptions of the location, and host likableness were related positively to job acceptance decisions. Additional analyses suggested that similar variables influenced both job acceptance intentions and decisions and that intentions mediated the relationship between the predictors and job offer decisions. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.