IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION TACTICS ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT

Abstract

Organizational socialization is the process by which an individual acquires the social knowledge and skills necessary to assume an organizational role (Van Maanen & Schein, 1979). Organizational socialization, or onboarding, is the process by which newcomers become full-fledged, productive organizational members (Lousis, 1980; Van Maanen and Schein, 1979). Although socialization occurs whenever employees change roles or cross boundaries within an organization (Van Maanen & Schein, 1979), it is most intense when one first joins an organization (Bauer et al., 1998).