A Meta-Analysis of Social Media Assessment Frequency: Used a Lot, Studied a Little?

Social media assessments (SMAs) for hiring job applicants have received a great deal of coverage from the business press as well as somewhat modest coverage from human resource management researchers. At the same time, there is no systematic study of how often SMAs are actually used for hiring by recruiters in areas such as human resources, management information systems, and education. We meta- analytically reviewed the use of SMAs in hiring....