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      Big Four LinkedIn dimensions: signals of soft skills? Translated title: ¿Son señales de soft skills las dimensiones del modelo LinkedIn Big Four?

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          ABSTRACT The use of LinkedIn as a tool in the recruitment and selection process has become routine in human resource management. However, a major drawback of such an approach is the lack of systematic and rigorous inferences on the psychological characteristics of the candidates. Calls have been made by scholars for further research on the psychometric guarantee of LinkedIn as a tool in the selection process. This study adopts signalling theory as a framework for exploring how LinkedIn profile information signals a candidate's soft skills. Using a sample of 169 ITC professionals, through a cross-sectional design, soft skills were measured by means of a self-report questionnaire and LinkedIn profiles were assessed using rubrics for measuring the LinkedIn Big Four. Our findings demonstrate that LinkedIn Big Four Breadth of Professional Experience and Social Capital are valid signals of leadership, communication, problem solving, entrepreneurial and commercial thinking, planning and organization, and teamwork. We discuss the practical and theoretical implications of our results.

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          RESUMEN El uso de LinkedIn como herramienta en el proceso de reclutamiento y selección se ha convertido en algo habitual en la gestión de recursos humanos. Sin embargo, se carece de información rigurosa sobre la calidad de las inferencias que realizan los evaluadores sobre las características psicológicas de los candidatos, por lo que es necesario realizar más investigación sobre las garantías psicométricas de LinkedIn como herramienta de selección de personal. En consecuencia, el presente estudio adopta la teoría de las señales como marco para explorar cómo la información del perfil de LinkedIn es un indicador válido de las soft skills de los candidatos. Utilizando una muestra de 169 profesionales del sector tecnológico en España, mediante un diseño transversal, se midieron estas “habilidades blandas” a través de un cuestionario, mientras que los perfiles de LinkedIn se evaluaron utilizando las rúbricas del modelo LinkedIn Big Four. Los resultados muestran que las dimensiones del LinkedIn Big Four referentes a la experiencia profesional y el capital social, son señales válidas de las siguientes soft skills: liderazgo, comunicación, resolución de problemas, intraemprendimiento, pensamiento comercial, planificación y organización y trabajo en equipo. Finalmente, se discuten las implicaciones prácticas y teóricas de nuestros resultados.

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                Journal
                rpto
                Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
                Rev. psicol. trab. organ.
                Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid (Madrid, Madrid, Spain )
                1576-5962
                2174-0534
                2023
                : 39
                : 2
                : 75-88
                Affiliations
                [01] Madrid Madrid orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain
                [02] Oviedo Asturias orgnameUniversidad de Oviedo Spain
                Article
                S1576-59622023000200003 S1576-5962(23)03900200003
                10.5093/jwop2023a9
                c416a3a9-dd73-4418-84fa-1e8321712ecd

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 25 February 2023
                : 12 June 2023
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 124, Pages: 14
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                Recruitment and selection,Signalling theory,Soft skills,LinkedIn Big Four model,Reclutamiento y selección,Teoría de las señales,Modelo LinkedIn Big Four

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