Getting Newcomers On Board: A Review of Socialization Practices and Introduction to Socialization Resources Theory

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Saks, Alan M ^a   Gruman, Jamie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job characteristics; Orientation programs; Socialization agents; Socialization resources theory; Socialization tactics; Training programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925061128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199763672.013.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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