Organizational Socialization Outcomes: Now and Into the Future

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Socialization

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bauer, Talya N ^a   Erdogan, Berrin ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; New employees; Newcomers; Onboarding; Organizational socialization; Socialization outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925070703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199763672.013.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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