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23 - Social Media in the Workplace

from Part III - Activities in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Victoria Brown ,
Marc Cubrich  and
Daly Vaughn
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 The History of Social Media in the Workplace

  1.1 History of Social Media Research and Implications in the Workplace

    1.1.1 Determinants of Site Membership and Usage

    1.1.2 Social Implications and Motivation to Use Social Media

    1.1.3 Factors Influencing Content

    1.1.4 Ability of a Profile to Represent the Owner

    1.1.5 Leading Summaries of Social Media Work

2 Current Uses of Social Media in the Workplace

  2.1 Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Social Media in the Workplace

  2.2 Individual Perspective

  2.3 Human Capital Management Perspective

    2.3.1 Recruitment

    2.3.2 Personnel Selection

    2.3.3 Onboarding and Employee Engagement

    2.3.4 Training, Growth, and Development

    2.3.5 Departures and Terminations

  2.4 Organization Perspective

    2.4.1 Corporate Branding

    2.4.2 Organization Insights

    2.4.3 Legal Risks

3 Future Research Directions

  3.1 Challenges of Past Social Media Research

  3.2 Broad Areas for Continued Social Media Research

  3.3 Future Social Media Research from the Individual, HCM, and Organization Perspectives

4 Conclusion

Keywords

social mediaworkplacesocial networking sitesenterprise social mediacybervettinghuman capital managementsocial networksFacebookInstagramLinkedIn
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 660 - 695
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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