TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of digital footprint on career management
T2 - 3rd World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2010
AU - Benson, Vladlena
AU - Filippaios, Fragkiskos
PY - 2010/9/1
Y1 - 2010/9/1
N2 - As online social media gain immense popularity among Internet users, we would like to explore the implication of social networking on career management. This paper links social capital theories and the impact of online social networks on ties between individuals in social and business uses. Social media contributes to building up individual digital footprint, or Internet content linked to individual names. We then propose a typology of the digital footprint based on the evidence from a survey of business students. Discussion of the implications of the study and arising research questions conclude the article.
AB - As online social media gain immense popularity among Internet users, we would like to explore the implication of social networking on career management. This paper links social capital theories and the impact of online social networks on ties between individuals in social and business uses. Social media contributes to building up individual digital footprint, or Internet content linked to individual names. We then propose a typology of the digital footprint based on the evidence from a survey of business students. Discussion of the implications of the study and arising research questions conclude the article.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649902446&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-16318-0_61
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-16318-0_61
M3 - Conference publication
AN - SCOPUS:78649902446
SN - 3642163173
SN - 9783642163173
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 480
EP - 486
BT - Knowledge Management, Information Systems, E-Learning, and Sustainability Research - Third World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2010, Proceedings
Y2 - 22 September 2010 through 24 September 2010
ER -