Situated Organizational Identification in Newcomers: Impacts of Preentry Organizational Exposure

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 404-422

  Stephens, Keri K ^a   Dailey, Stephanie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

anticipatory socialization; membership negotiation; new employee orientation; organizational identification; organizational socialization; situated identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864674762     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318912440179     Document Type: Article

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