The evolution of social networking and its impact on Career Management Skills

Workplace information literacy: a bridge to the development of Innovative Work Behaviour (2021)
Journal Article
Middleton, L., & Hall, H. (2021). Workplace information literacy: a bridge to the development of Innovative Work Behaviour. Journal of Documentation, 77(6), 1343-1363. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2021-0065

Purpose
Organisational culture and leadership, employee skills and aptitudes, access to resources, and training are regularly cited as important determinants of the development of Innovative Work Behaviour (IWB). The purpose of the work reported in... Read More about Workplace information literacy: a bridge to the development of Innovative Work Behaviour.

Using social media during job search: the case of 16-24 year olds in Scotland (2020)
Journal Article
Mowbray, J., & Hall, H. (2021). Using social media during job search: the case of 16-24 year olds in Scotland. Journal of Information Science, 47(5), 535-550. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551520927657

Social media are powerful networking platforms that provide users with significant information opportunities. Despite this, little is known about their impact on job search behaviour. Here, interview (participants = 7), focus group (participants = 6)... Read More about Using social media during job search: the case of 16-24 year olds in Scotland.

Job search information behaviours: An ego-net study of networking amongst young job-seekers (2018)
Journal Article
Mowbray, J., Hall, H., Raeside, R., & Robertson, P. J. (2018). Job search information behaviours: An ego-net study of networking amongst young job-seekers. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), 239-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769965

Networking is considered an integral feature of job search, yet its behavioural manifestation has received little attention in the extant literature. Here this is addressed in a study of young job-seekers that adopted an egocentric network approach u... Read More about Job search information behaviours: An ego-net study of networking amongst young job-seekers.

Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mowbray, J., Raeside, R., Hall, H., & Robertson, P. (2016). Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data. In IDIMC 2016: Exploring our digital shadow - from data to intelligence (75-85)

An analysis is made of secondary data derived from Understanding Society: The UK household longitudinal study (2012) as related to the use of social networking sites (SNSs) amongst 16-21 year olds. This explores the relationship between employment st... Read More about Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data.