Learning Goals
  • Explain organizational socialization as a 
   process that develops and communicates an 
   organization's culture
  • Distinguish between roles and role behaviors
  • Describe the stages of organizational 
   socialization and how they repeat during a 
   work career
     Learning Goals (Cont.)
  • Distinguish the socialization issues in 
   expatriate and repatriate adjustment
  • Discuss the ethical issues in organizational 
   socialization
       Chapter Overview
   • Introduction
   • Roles and Role Behavior
   • Individual and Organizational Perspectives 
   on Socialization
   • Stages of Organizational Socialization
   • International Aspects of Organizational 
   Socialization
   • Ethical Issues in Organizational Socialization
        Introduction (Cont.)
    Organizational culture and organizational socialization
     Organizational  Organizational
      Culture        Socialization
     (Chapter 4)     (Chapter 6)
     What a new    The process by which
    employee needs   a new employee
      to learn.     learns the culture.
           Introduction (Cont)
    • Organizational socialization:  process by 
     which people learn the content of an 
     organization's culture
    • Powerful process that affects an individual's 
     behavior
    • Helps shape and maintain an organization's 
     culture
          The “process by which people learn the
          values, norms, and required behaviors
             of an organization’s culture.”