Orientation Programs that may Facilitate Newcomer Adjustment: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Formal orientation programs play a potentially important role in newcomer adjustment, yet research aimed at understanding and improving the effects of these interventions has stagnated in recent years. The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate a redirection of researchers’ attention to such progr...

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Published inResearch in Personnel and Human Resources Management Vol. 31; pp. 87 - 143
Main Authors Fan, Jinyan, Buckley, M. Ronald, Litchfield, Robert C
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2012
Emerald Publishing Limited
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Personnel & human resources management
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Summary:Formal orientation programs play a potentially important role in newcomer adjustment, yet research aimed at understanding and improving the effects of these interventions has stagnated in recent years. The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate a redirection of researchers’ attention to such programs, and to suggest ways to integrate this body of research with recent developments in socialization and training literatures.
ISBN:9781781901724
1781901724
ISSN:0742-7301
DOI:10.1108/S0742-7301(2012)0000031005