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- Title
A theoretical model of cross‐cultural impression management in employment interviews.
- Authors
Arseneault, Rene; Roulin, Nicolas
- Abstract
With organizations being increasingly multinational and multicultural, there is a need for understanding the implications of having job applicants and interviewers from various cultural backgrounds interacting in an employment interview. We propose a theoretical model for understanding how cultural values translate into preferences for, and use of, impression management (IM) tactics in employment interviews. Building upon previous cross‐cultural IM models and relying on GLOBE cultural framework, we suggest that various cultural dimensions are associated with subsequent differences in applicants' use of both honest and deceptive forms of self‐focused, other‐focused, and defensive IM tactics in interviews. Our model also predicts that cultural distance, and indirectly difference between applicant IM use and interviewers' expectations, will determine how interviewers evaluate applicant interview performance. We highlight the importance of organizations taking responsibility in developing culturally conscientious selection methods to avoid potentially biased hiring decisions. Practioner points: Cultural differences impact our behaviors (applicants) and expectations for those behaviors (interviewers) in interviews.Our model proposes links between cultural dimensions and specific impression management tactics.Cultural distance between Interviewer‐Interviewee impacts how evaluations are attributed to applicants (i.e. similar‐to‐me bias, expectancy theory).Practitioners need to be aware of unintentional systematic cultural biases within their selection process.Culturally diverse interviewer panels are recommended.
- Subjects
EMPLOYMENT interviewing; IMPRESSION management; PERSONNEL management; JOB applications; EXPECTANCY theories; BACKGROUND checks
- Publication
International Journal of Selection & Assessment, 2021, Vol 29, Issue 4, p352
- ISSN
0965-075X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijsa.12348