JURNAL ECONOMINA
Vol. 5 No. 6 (2026): JURNAL ECONOMINA, Juni 2026

Employer Branding Corporate Reputation and Job Application Intentions: Moderating Effects Of Social Media And Value Congruence

Engga Jalaludin (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung,Indonesia)
Eeng Ahman (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia)
Amir Machmud (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung,Indonesia)
Yana Setiawan (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung,Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study aims to examine and analyse the direct effect of employer branding on corporate reputation and job application intentions, as well as the effect of corporate reputation on job application intentions. Furthermore, this study also examines and analyses the mediating effect of corporate reputation on the relationship between employer branding and job application intentions, and the moderating effects of social media and value congruence on the relationship between employer branding and job application intentions. This study employs a quantitative approach, utilising an online questionnaire for data collection. A total of 220 respondents were recruited from final-year students enrolled in business faculties at various universities in Jakarta, Banten and West Java. Purposive sampling was used for sample selection, and data analysis in this study was conducted using SEM-PLS. The results of the testing and data analysis indicate that employer branding has a positive and significant impact on corporate reputation and job application intentions. Similarly, corporate reputation was found to have a positive and significant impact on job application intentions. Furthermore, employer branding has a positive and significant impact on job application intentions via corporate reputation; finally, social media does not moderate the influence of employer branding on job application intentions, but value congruence was found to moderate the influence of employer branding on job application intentions.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

economina

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

JURNAL ECONOMINA (JE) is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research papers. ECONOMINA has been published since 2022. It is currently published every month a year with e-ISSN: 2963-1181. The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is assigned to each published article and the journal is ...