Do Organizational Socialization Tactics Influence Newcomer Embeddedness and Turnover?
- 1 April 2006
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Management
- Vol. 32 (2), 237-256
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206305280103
Abstract
The author proposes that socialization tactics influence newcomer turnover by embedding newcomers more extensively into the organization. Hypotheses are tested with a sample of newcomers in a large financial services organization. Results reveal that socialization tactics enable organizations to actively embed new employees; collective, fixed, and investiture tactics were positively related to on-the-job embeddedness. Results also indicate that on-the-job embeddedness is negatively related to turnover and mediates relationships between some socialization tactics and turnover.Keywords
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