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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797130903321

Titolo

Using internet activity data to analyze human resources issues / / guest editors, Professor Nikolaos Askitas and Professor Klaus F. Zimmermann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, West Yorkshire, England] : , : Emerald, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-78560-145-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 p.)

Collana

International Journal of Manpower, , 0143-7720 ; ; Volume 36 Number 1

Disciplina

658.300285

Soggetti

Information storage and retrieval systems - Personnel management

Personnel management - Data processing

Personnel management - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial advisory board; The internet as a data source for advancement in social sciences; Demographic research with non-representative internet data; Health and well-being in the great recession; A web survey analysis of subjective well-being; "As rare as a panda"; Comparing collective bargaining agreements for developing countries; Can internet searches forecast tourism inflows?

Sommario/riassunto

This special issue of the International Journal of Manpower examines the potentials and challenges of Internet data or ""Big Data"" for research in the social sciences with a special focus on human resources issues. Internet data are increasingly representing a large part of everyday life. The information is timely, perhaps even daily following the factual process. It typically involves large numbers of observations and allows for flexible conceptual forms and experimental settings. The introduction paper by Nikolaos Askitas and Klaus F. Zimmermann on ""The Internet as a Data Source for Advanc