PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION - A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION

Authors
ADKINS CL
Citation
Cl. Adkins, PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION - A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION, Academy of Management journal, 38(3), 1995, pp. 839-862
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Business
Journal title
Academy of Management journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00014273
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
839 - 862
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-4273(1995)38:3<839:PWEAOS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
In an extension of research on organizational socialization, the relat ionship between previous work experience and the tasks and outcomes of the socialization process was examined using a longitudinal field des ign. The importance of measuring socialization variables longitudinall y, beginning at organizational entry, was highlighted. Implications fo r future research are discussed.