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 earli er recruitment research by surveying subjects following site visits in stead of campus interviews, by measuring actual job offer decisions in stead of only intentions, and by collecting data across 2 years. In ge neral, overall evaluations of the site visit, perceptions of the locat ion, and host likableness were related positively to job acceptance de cisions. Additional analyses suggested that similar variables influenc ed both job acceptance intentions and decisions and that intentions me diated the relationship between the predictors and job offer decisions . (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.