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Assessment |
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Research Question
(Clear, unambiguous) |
"[W]hether one’s social media behavior
will affect employer to make their decision for recruiting their work
teams." As stated, this probably
does not make sense as a research question, because it concerns something
obviously true. If employers learn
seriously negative information about job applicants from social media (or
anywhere), this will certainly reduce their interest in hiring those
applicants. So, what is a reasonable
research question in this area? |
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Relevant
Literature |
The articles mentioned
are a reasonable start. |
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Causal Interpretations
(clear, all parts defined, mechanisms, controls, plausible) |
The causal interpretation offered (really just
one, as the two mentioned are simply reversals of each other) are rather
vague. And largely self explanatory as
stated. Essentially, by definition
"negative" media behavior could only detract from employability
unless "negative" is defined in a way that an employer could
interpret as a positive virtue. This
might occur if one is hiring for a criminal enterprise, for example, but
generally seems implausible. |
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Data
(variables, sample, comparison) |
The data statements
provide no suggestion how the data could possible allow one to study the
issue in question. It seems unlikely. |
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Research Value |
The stated research benefit seems
unlikely. It seems to assume that
there are many people who make what they recognize as negative impressions of
themselves on social media, who do not realize this could have a future
impact on their employment, and who would recognize this previously hidden
possibility and change their behavior if they only had exposure to research
giving evidence for this effect. Is
this plausible? |
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Overall |
The proposed project
seems both conceptually and practically deficient. |
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