Socialization tactics and person-organization fit

We examined how firms' socialization tactics help establish person-organiza tion fit between newcomers and organizations. We used a 3-wave longitudinal design that followed individuals over 2 years: we distributed the first su rvey before their job search began and the last survey 18 months after thei r college graduation. Results indicated that newcomers' subjective fit perc eptions, as well as changes in their values, were associated with two types of socialization tactics: content (i.e., tactics that are sequential and f ixed vs. variable and random) and social aspects (i.e., tactics that emphas ize serial and investiture processes rather than disjunctive and divestitur e processes). The context dimension of socialization tactics, where sociali zation is collective and formal (vs. individualized and informal), was not related to P-O fit in this study.