title: Newcomer adjustment during organizational socialization: a meta-analytic review of antecedents, outcomes, and methods.
abstract: The authors tested a model of antecedents and outcomes of newcomer adjustment using 70 unique samples of newcomers with meta-analytic and path modeling techniques. Specifically, they proposed and tested a model in which adjustment (role clarity, self-efficacy, and social acceptance) mediated the effects of organizational socialization tactics and information seeking on socialization outcomes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job performance, intentions to remain, and turnover). The results generally supported this model. In addition, the authors examined the moderating effects of methodology on these relationships by coding for 3 methodological issues: data collection type (longitudinal vs. cross-sectional), sample characteristics (school-to-work vs. work-to-work transitions), and measurement of the antecedents (facet vs. composite measurement). Discussion focuses on the implications of the findings and suggestions for future research.
authors.affiliation: School of Business Administration, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA. TalyaB@sba.pdx.edu
authors.forename: Talya N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bodner
authors.forename: Berrin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Truxillo
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tucker
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012951:Socialization; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology