Organizational Socialization

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Socialization process and techniques

Jones, G. R. (1986). Socialization tactics, self-efficacy, and newcomers' adjustments to organizations. Academy of Management Journal, 29, 262-279. This is the most commonly used measure, and closely corresponds to the work of Van Maanen and Schien on socialization and their six dimensions of socialization content.
Ashford, S. J., & Black, J. S. (1996). Proactivity during organizational entry: The role of desire for control. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 199-214. This study includes a scale of proactive information seeking that has been used in a number of studies.
Kammeyer-Mueller, J.D., & Wanberg, C.R. (2003). Unwrapping the Organizational Entry Process: Disentangling Multiple Antecedents and Their Pathways to Adjustment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 5, 779-794. This paper includes a measure that decomposes socialization into perceived influences from co-workers, supervisors, and the organization as a whole.

Socialization content and outcomes

Morrison, E. W. (1993a). Longitudinal study of the effects of information seeking on newcomer socialization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 173-183. Includes measures of social integration and perceived task competence.
Chao, G.T., O’Leary-Kelly, A.M., Wolf, S., Klein, H.J., & Gardner, P.D. (1994). Organizational socialization: Its content and consequences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 79, 730-743.
Taormina, R. J. (1994). The organizational socialization inventory. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 2, 133-145