Publication Date
7-1976
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
John O'Connor, Carley Dodd, Randall Capps
Degree Program
Department of Communication
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
The relationship of attitude change, eye contact time, and interview length to selection interview outcome was investigated by directly observing fifty-four selection interviews. Statistical analysis of the data revealed that although attitude change was the only independent variable significantly related to interview outcome, all three independent variables interacted in such a manner that applicant acceptance or rejection was correctly predicted 83 percent of the time. Attitude change was concluded to be the product of interview content. Furthermore, the predictive power of variable interaction was interpreted as meaning that given attitude change, eye contact time, and interview length, applicant acceptance or rejection may be predicted a significant portion of the time.
Disciplines
Communication | Interpersonal and Small Group Communication | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Recommended Citation
Posey, Marvin Jr., "The Relationship of Selected Communication Variables to Selection Interview Outcome" (1976). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2727.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2727
Included in
Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons