A new look at the role of insiders in the newcomer socialization process

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 264-290

  Slaughter, Jerel E ^a   Zickar, Michael J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Industrial Organizational Psychology Doctoral Program

Author keywords

Careers; Organizational entry; Role accommodation; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644633832     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601104273065     Document Type: Article

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