by Tsang Pik Lan. / Thesis submitted in: December 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-99). / Abstract also in Chinese. / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.ii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / ABSTRACT (English) --- p.vii / ABSTRACT (Chinese) --- p.ix / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- Organizational Socialization --- p.3 / Definition: Organizational socialization as a process --- p.3 / Organizational socialization studies - The stage approach --- p.5 / Organizational socialization studies - The contextual approach --- p.8 / Outcomes of organizational socialization --- p.15 / Conclusion --- p.15 / Chapter III. --- Proactive information seeking behaviour in organizational socialization --- p.18 / Individual factors affecting the information seeking behaviours --- p.18 / Types of information --- p.22 / Sources of information --- p.23 / Forms of information seeking --- p.23 / Past studies in proactive information seeking behaviours --- p.25 / Conclusion --- p.30 / Chapter IV. --- Personality dimensions and proactive information seeking behaviours --- p.33 / Research in personality --- p.33 / Five-factor model (FFM) in personality --- p.36 / FFM as personality measures --- p.39 / FFM and proactive information seeking behaviours --- p.42 / Conclusion --- p.46 / Chapter V. --- Research framework and hypotheses --- p.48 / Conceptualization for the proactive information seeking behaviours --- p.48 / Antecedents of proactive information seeking behaviours: Particular personality dimensions --- p.51 / Proactive information seeking and organizational socialization outcomes --- p.56 / Pilot study --- p.60 / Chapter VI. --- Methods and results --- p.65 / Samples --- p.65 / Measures --- p.67 / Data Collection --- p.69 / Statistical Analysis --- p.69 / Descriptive Statistics of the two samples --- p.70 / Dimensionality of the proactive information seeking behaviours scale --- p.71 / The measurement model and proposed relationships --- p.72 / Conclusion --- p.72 / Chapter VII. --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.74 / Conceptual implications --- p.74 / Managerial implications --- p.82 / Directions for future research --- p.83 / Conclusion --- p.87 / REFERENCES --- p.90
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322203 |
Date | January 1998 |
Contributors | Tsang, Pik Lan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration. |
Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Language | English, Chinese |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text, bibliography |
Format | print, ix, 126 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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