Review of Public Administration and Management

Mohammad Tariqul Islam

Publications

• Research Article
  Determinants of Graduate Students’ Usage of Online Social Media as a Job Searching Tool: The Changing Landscape of Labor Market in Bangladesh.
  Author(s): Md Rakibul Hasan, Masnoon Salehin and Mohammad Tariqul IslamMd Rakibul Hasan, Masnoon Salehin and Mohammad Tariqul Islam
  
  The purpose of this original work is to find the determining factors affecting graduate students’ usage of online social media (e.g., Facebook) as a job searching tool. Based on rigorous literature review three latent variables (i.e., graduate students’ perception about Facebook as effective for professional networking, their Facebook usage pattern, and job recruiter’s responsiveness on their Facebook pages) are hypothesized to have significant positive impact on Facebook usage as a job searching tool. Covariance-based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) is applied to analyze data from 200 respondents incorporated into 13 observed variables and to get the concluding remarks regarding the hypothesized relationships. All of three latent variables are found to have significant positive impact on the dependent latent const.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2315-7844.1000245

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