Integrative Review of Recruitment Literature: Conceptual Evolution, Technological Developments, and Scope for Future Research

Recruitment has witnessed exponential growth both practically and academically. Its upgradation as a strategic function can be attributed to this growth. The concomitant spillover into literature and theories from other fields is also responsible for this growth. Groundbreaking technologies and their contribution to this field of human resources seem to have completely disrupted the recruitment landscape. Literature suggests that “theory and scholarship on recruitment has not kept pace with the rapidly changing landscape.” This study, therefore, tries to dive deep into recruitment literature through an integrative review method to understand its evolution over decades to become a proactive process from a reactive one. It is important in the current context when technologies like artificial intelligence and social media have taken organizations by storm. Evolution of recruitment as a subject has blurred its “contextual boundaries,” thereby elevating its scope. A framework has been suggested to summarises the review.