The study tested empirically the relationship of role expectations, goals, values and communication to organizational socialization at the entry stage. Entry congruencies of superior-subordinate expectations, goals, and values, plus subordinate satisfaction with organizational communication, were hypothesized as significant measures of "goodness of fit" of individuals and organizations. / Subjects, numbering 36, were new faculty of a state-supported, mid-sized university in northeastern United States. During their entry socialization stage (operationalized as the first semester of the new employment), subjects responded to five, time-spaced instruments. Nonparametric statistics were used to analyze the data. / Results of the study supported the hypotheses. Organizational communication proved to be the strongest single predictor of satisfactory socialization, accounting for more than 30% of the variance. Entry congruency of expectations and goals accounted for approximately 20%; so the three variables combined accounted for more than 50% of the variance in the entry socialization model. Value congruency, however, showed no significant relationship to entry socialization. / Theoretical implications of the study relate to development of a theory of organizational socialization. Spatiotemporal studies of both the pre-entry stage and metamorphosis stage of organizational socialization are recommended for use with the entry model developed in this study. Also suggested is extension of the role set of the newcomer to include peers as well as superiors. / Practical implications of the study concern improved hiring and orientation practices. / Mismatching of individuals and organizations is costly in time, money and morale. This study concluded that congruency of expectations and goals and satisfaction with organizational communication are reliable predictors of "goodness of fit" of the person to the job, and the job to the person. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-08, Section: A, page: 3783. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74588 |
| Contributors | FRANTZ, MAE MOORE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 77 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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