Employers’ perspectives of online education

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to describe the strengths and weaknesses of seven representative studies pertaining to the employers’ perceptions of online education.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper retrieved and analysed representative studies on the subject from two scholarly databases and Google.

Findings

The results indicate that there is a much greater likelihood that a candidate with an online degree would be viewed less favorably for employment purposes compared to the candidate with the face‐to‐face degree.

Originality/value

The paper identifies the gaps in the current studies and suggests future research directions regarding this critical topic.

Citation

Linardopoulos, N. (2012), "Employers’ perspectives of online education", Campus-Wide Information Systems, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 189-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741211243201