Tactics, dimensions, outcomes, context, and stages of organizational socialization

Abstract

A person gains the perspectives, abilities, and roles associated with a career that is required to be a member of that profession through professional socialization. Organizational socialization is the person's learning of the knowledge, values, and behaviors necessary to fill a certain role in the organization and the adaptation of the employees to their organizations and roles. This research aims to draw the framework of the field of organizational socialization and to model the organizational socialization process by explaining the concepts of organizational socialization tactics, proactive socialization tactics, organizational socialization dimensions, organizational socialization outputs, contextual factors affecting organizational socialization, and organizational socialization stages. Through a literature review, the current study has exhibited that the success of the organizational socialization process is highly related to and necessary for the realization of the objectives of the enterprises. The study also discusses the tactics, dimensions, outcomes, context, and stages of organizational socialization. Keywords: Organizational socialization; organizational tactics; organizational dimensions; organizational stages.