Making organizations more effective through organizational socialization

Journal of Organizational Effectiveness

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-280

  Saks, Alan ^a   A Gruman, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjustment; High performance work systems; HR strategy; Human capital; Newcomer; Organizational socialization; Psychological capital; Resources; Social capital; Strategic human resource management (SHRM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995479449     PISSN: 20516614     EISSN: 20516622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOEPP-07-2014-0036     Document Type: Article

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