COMMERCE 1BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Organizational Commitment, Job Fair, Organizational Culture
3 Dec 2017
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Pre-orientation and entry issues: realistic job preview (rjp) and the psychological contract, developing commitment in the new recruit, background and understanding culture/climate, orientation, socialization, types of cultures. What is socialization: process by which an employee(cid:495)s adapt to the values, norms, and beliefs of the. )nvolves learning the organization(cid:495)s climate and (cid:494)learning to fit in(cid:495: learn the attitudes, knowledge and behaviours necessary to survive, rjp starts once you approach a job fair organization and its members (culture) learned through osmosis. Proximal vs. distal outcome: proximal outcome: short-term, distal outcome: long-term, task mastering, understanding, socially integrate quickly, less roll conflict/ambiguity, better person-job/organization fit (requirements are matched to ksa(cid:495)s(cid:524) Improves job performance: change (settling in/ role management, less dissonance/ inconsistencies, employee begins to identify with the organization, transition from being an outsider to feeling like an insider. Involves taking on new attitudes, values and behaviours to align with org: note: alignment-not too much conformity (groupthink, work and non-work life balance, modification.
