The interactive effects of socialization tactics and work locus of control on newcomer work adjustment, job embeddedness, and voluntary turnover

• Published in: Human relations (New York) Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 177 - 202
• Main Authors: Peltokorpi, Vesa, Feng, Jie, Pustovit, Sasha, Allen, David G, Rubenstein, Alex L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2022; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adjustment; Best practice; Embeddedness; Individual differences; Institutionalization; Locus of control; Newcomers; Occupational roles; Organizational research; Organizational socialization; Role clarity; Social integration; Socialization; Tactics; Uncertainty; Work; Workplace control; job embeddedness; voluntary turnover; work adjustment; newcomer socialization tactics; work locus of control

Previous research has tended to focus on general best practices for onboarding organizational newcomers. In this study, we shift the conversation to instead address the question: for whom are certain socialization tactics more or less beneficial? Whereas institutionalized socialization tactics provi...