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| What are the 5 stages of Career Development? |
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• Stage 1: Occupational choice: Preparation for work
• Stage 2: Organizational Entry:
o We will be focused on this stage
• Stage 3: The Early Career
• Stage 4: The Midcareer
• Stage 5 Late Career |
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| ongoing behavioral and cognitive processes by which individuals join, become integrated into and exit org |
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| What are 2 key processes of Assimilation? |
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| Socialization and individualization |
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| when employers try to change some aspect of org |
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| : what the individual can bring |
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| • The process that allow an individual to become familiar with the rules, norms, and expectations of an org allowing them to become members of it |
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| Stages of Organizational Socialization? |
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• Stage 1: Anticipatory socialization
• Stage 2:Encounter socialization
• Stage 3: Metamorphosis socialization |
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| • Stage 1: Anticipatory socialization |
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| o Learn about work, an occupation and org |
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| • Stage 2:Encounter socialization |
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| o Adapt to new expectations, getting your foot in the door. |
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| • Stage 3: Metamorphosis socialization |
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o Accepted member of org.
o Not the “new kid on the block” |
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| • Key times during the process when they become more or less connected to the org. |
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o Promotions (more connected)
o Change in management i.e. don’t think you can work with them or maybe you can
o Demotion
o Changes in job responsibilities
o Changes in org climate |
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| Socialization and Boundary Transitions |
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• Occur when a new employee crosses the org’s boundary upon joining the org
• Occur as the person’s career unfolds within same or other org’s
• Employee is most susceptible to organizational influences just before and just after those transitions |
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| Socialization (occurs in 2 types) |
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| Institutionalized and Individualized |
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| Formal programs provided by organization |
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| Informal experiences within the org |
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| Common Socialization techniques ( 6 different Techniques) |
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• Recruitment: you have to select the right kind of people
• Interviewing
o Realistic job previews
• Training
• Debasement experiences: the little “bitch” of the group, the newbie had to go and get the lunch for the whole group
• Reward and control systems: have your benefits after going through the trial
• Newcomer information-seeking |
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| Newcomer Socialization Techniques (p. 130) |
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o Overt Questions: relevant question
o Indirect Questions: testing the waters
o Third parties
o Testing limits
o Disguising Conversations: Going around the question
o Observing : watching one person
o Surveillance: watching the big picture |
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| Expected Outcomes of Successful Socialization (7 components) |
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• Role Definition
• Performance proficiency
• People
• Politics
• Language
• Organizational Goals and Values
• History |
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| Socialization and Ethical Issues (what should they tell the organization) |
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o Tell potential new employees that it will try to change some values and behavior? (RJPs)
o Tell present employees that each time they change positions, their values and behavior will also change? |
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| Socialization and Disability (Peter’s socialization case) |
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• Case study: “Peter”
• Challenges for Peter as the relate to socialization:
o Initiation
o Invisible Disability
o Lack of Awareness of Organizational Norms |
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| LMX Theory( Leader-Management Exchange Theory) |
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• Leader-Management Exchange (LMX) Theroy
• Theory is focused on dyadic relationship between superior/subordinate
• Work is accomplished through roles
• Three phases of role development |
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| • Three phases of role development |
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o Role taking: one way task obervation
o Role making: social exchange to develop role
o Role routinization: establish relationship exist; “in” or “out” group |
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| Organizational Exit (Process not an event) |
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Definition
• Not a lot of research in this area
o Salient issue with the economy as it is
• A process; not an event
• Those who leave and those left behind
• Impact on families: emotional as well as financial
• Communication in disengagement process
• Communication is a key role and it can help ppl make key decisions in the future ie. Leaving a company b/c of relationships and things of that nature. |
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