Facilitating Organizational Socialization: An Introduction

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wanberg, Connie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Employee adjustment; Expatriation; Learning new jobs; New employees; Onboarding; Organizational socialization; Proactivity; Work transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925063804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199763672.013.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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