Perceived organizational support and embeddedness as key mechanisms connecting socialization tactics to commitment and turnover among new employees

• Published in: Journal of organizational behavior Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 350 - 369
• Main Authors: Allen, David G., Shanock, Linda Rhoades
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2013; John Wiley & Sons; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Commitments; Embeddedness; Employee turnover; Employees; Group dynamics; Human resources; Industrial and organizational psychology; New employees; Newcomers; Organizational behavior; Organizational support; Perceptual organization; POS; Psychology; Social behavior; Social interaction; Social perception; Social psychology; Socialization; Studies; Tactics; Turnover

Retention of new hires is a critical issue for organizations. We propose that relationships are important mechanisms through which socialization tactics influence commitment and turnover. The key theoretical mechanisms connecting socialization tactics to turnover in our model are the extent to which...