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Set of shared, taken-for-granted
implicit assumptions that a group
holds and that determines how it
perceives, thinks about and reacts
to its various environments
•Passed on to new employees through
the process of socialization
•Influences our behavior at work
•Operates at different
levels
Organizational Socialization
Process by which a person learns the
values, norms, and required behaviors
which permit him to participate as a
member of the organization.
Prearrival
Productivity
Encounter Metamorphosis Commitment
Turnover
Socialization ProcessOutcomes
A Socialization Model
Phase 2: Encounter
Employees learn what the organization
is really like and reconcile unmet
expectations
Phase 3: Change and Acquisition
Requires employees to master
important tasks and roles and
to adjust to their work group’s
values and norms
The Process of Organizational Socialization
Start
Careful selection of entry-level candidates
Deselect
Humility-inducing
experiences promote
openness toward accepting
organizational norms and
values
Teaches the new entrant that
he/she doesn’t know
everything about the job or
company
In-the-trenches training leads
to mastery of a core
discipline
Extensive and reinforced on-
the-job experience
Rewards and control systems are
meticulously refined to reinforce
behavior that is deemed pivotal to
success in the marketplace
Adherence to values enables the
reconciliation of personal
sacrifices
Keeping alive stories that validate the organization’s culture
Reinforcing folklore
Reward and recognize
individuals who have done the
job well
Consistent role models
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:TacticsSocialization
Collective vs. Individual
Formal Vs. Informal
Fixed Vs. Variable
Serial Vs. disjunctive
Sequential Vs. Random
Investiture Vs. divestiture
Mentoring
The process of forming and
maintaining developmental
relationships between a mentor
and a junior person
• - Sponsorship
- Exposure-and-visibility
- Coaching
- Protection
- Challenging assignments
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- Role modeling
- Acceptance-and-confirmation
- Counseling
- Friendship
Career Functions
Psychosocial Functions
Functions of Mentoring
Skills & Best Practices: Building an
Effective Mentoring Network
1. Become the perfect protégé
2. Engage in 360-degree networking
3. Commit to assessing, building, and adjusting the
mentor network
4. Develop diverse, synergistic connections
5. Realize that change is inevitable and that all good
things come to an end
Developmental Networks Underlying Mentoring
Diversity of developmental relationships reflects the variety of people in a network used
for developmental assistance
Two sub-components
•Number of different people the person is
networked with
•Various social systems from which the
networked relationships stem
Developmental Relationship Strength:
There are four developmental Networks:
•Receptive
•Traditional
•Entrepreneurial
•Opportunistic
Relationship StrengthLow High
High
Low
Rel
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on
ship
Div
ersi
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Opportunistic Network•Independent self construal
•High core self evaluation
•Extraversion
•High openness to experience
•Independent self construal
Receptive Network
Entrepreneurial Network
Personal and Organizational Implications
•Job and career satisfaction are likely to be influenced by
the consistency between an individual’s career goals and the
type of developmental network at his disposal
•A developer’s willingness to provide career and
psycho-social assistance is a function of the protégé’s
ability, potential, and the quality of the interpersonal
relationship
Building an Effective Mentoring Network
Invest in your relationship
Plan your network
Agree on process
Engaged in 360 degree
networking
Develop Diverse
Connection
Be ready to move on