Abstract
Socialization is a necessary process that helps to manage new talent in the
organization in order to survive and thrive in the global market. Numerous
studies show that organizational socialization tactics affect workers’ affective
commitment. However, the processes through which affective commitment is
established during socialization is still unclear. We propose the socialization
tactics generate newcomers perceived organizational support (POS) and
develop affective commitment. Furthermore, pre-establish links within the
organization play a contingency role in the socialization process. Surprisingly,
there is no study which theoretically and empirically investigates these
referral’s effects on newcomers’ socialization process and its workplace
outcomes. We conducted a quantitative sectional survey from 228 newcomers
of different organizations. The findings reveal that socialization tactics
positively relate to the affective commitment through the mediation of POS and
the POS-affective commitment is stronger when prior relationships are high.
However, this contingent effect does not empirically support the socialization
tactics-POS relationship. The implications are discussed, and future directions
are provided.
Faisal Qadeer, Azmat Islam, Gulnaz Shahzadi, Muhammad Ajmal. (2020) NEWCOMERS’ SOCIALIZATION TACTICS AND AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT: INTERPLAY OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS, International Journal of Management Research and Emerging Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 2.
-
Views
675 -
Downloads
50
Article Details
Volume
Issue
Type
Language
