Thesis Proposal Defense of Virág Baranyi – Digital Technologies in Personnel Selection

The Doctoral School of Business and Management of Corvinus University of Budapest cordially invites all those interested to the public defence of the thesis proposal of PhD candidate Virág Baranyi. The title of her work is: Digital Transformation in Personnel Selection: The Role of Technology Integration in Shaping Selection Practices and Decision-Making. 

Date: 2 October 2026, Friday 12:00—13:30 

Venue: Corvinus University of Budapest, Room E311 

Language: English 

About the research 

The dissertation examines how digital transformation technologies and artificial intelligence are reshaping personnel selection – an area traditionally seen as inherently human-centric. 

Part of the research systematically reviews 94 international studies to map which digital solutions appear at each stage of the selection process, categorising practices as Manual, Digitalized or Digitally Transformed. The dissertation also looks specifically at the spread of asynchronous video interviews and at how candidates themselves perceive and engage with this selection method. 

The findings set out both the benefits of these technologies, which are efficiency gains, the potential for reducing bias, and an improved candidate experience, while also emphasise their limits: ethical concerns, algorithmic bias, and technical and cultural barriers to adoption. 

Supervisor: Péter Móricz 

Chair of the committee: Sándor Takács 

Opponents: Róbert Marciniak, Sára Csillag 

Secretary: Zoltán Soma Kárpáti