Consumer advertising as a signal of employer attractiveness

This paper deals with the extended audience of advertising. More specifically, it examines how consumer advertising influences the attractiveness of a corporate brand as a potential employer.

Consumer advertising as a signal of employer attractiveness

Sara Rosengren

Center for Consumer Marketing, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Niklas Bondesson

School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden

Introduction

This paper contributes to the growing literature on the effects of advertising on stakeholders other than consumers. More specifically, it explores the effects of consumer advertising on potential employees, meaning the employees that a company wishes to attract and recruit.

Attracting and keeping employees is increasingly important for companies (Moroko & Uncles 2008; Schlager et al. 2011). The fierce competition for employees, sometimes referred to as a ‘war for...

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