Socialization Tactics and Newcomer Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review and Test of a Model

Autor/inn/en	Saks, Alan M.; Uggerslev, Krista L.; Fassina, Neil E.
Titel	Socialization Tactics and Newcomer Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review and Test of a Model
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70 (2007) 3, S.413-446 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2006.12.004
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Graduates; Self Efficacy; Role Conflict; Job Performance; Job Satisfaction; Socialization; Employees; Work Environment; Behavior Theories; Meta Analysis; Correlation; Adjustment (to Environment); Research Methodology; Measurement Techniques + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Rollenkonflikt; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Arbeitsmilieu; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Korrelation; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Messtechnik
Abstract	One of the most popular and often studied topics in the organizational socialization literature is Van Maanen and Schein's [Van Maanen, J., & Schein, E. H. (1979). Toward a theory of organizational socialization. In B. M. Staw (Ed.), "Research in organizational behavior" (Vol. 1), pp. 209-264. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.] theory of organizational socialization tactics. Over 30 studies on socialization tactics have been conducted in the past 20 years. In this meta-analysis, we examine the relationships between six socialization tactics and various indicators of newcomer adjustment as well as the moderating effects of study design (cross-sectional vs. longitudinal), measurement scale (use of complete vs. modified tactics scale), and type of newcomer (recent graduates vs. other newcomers). Our results indicate that institutionalized socialization tactics were negatively related to role ambiguity, role conflict, and intentions to quit, and positively related to fit perceptions, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job performance, and a custodial role orientation. We also found that the social tactics (serial and investiture) were the strongest predictors of adjustment outcomes. The results also indicated that the relationships between the tactics and outcomes were stronger for recent graduates compared to other newcomers; cross-sectional designs compared to longitudinal designs; and when Jones' [Jones, G. R. (1986). Socialization tactics, self-efficacy, and newcomers' adjustments to organizations. "Academy of Management Journal," 29, 262-279.] complete scales were used compared to modified versions. Support was also found for a mediation model of newcomer adjustment in which role conflict, role ambiguity, and fit perceptions partially mediate some of the relationships between the socialization tactics and distal outcomes of adjustment. The implications of these results for research and practice are discussed. (Author).
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