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Organizational entry : toward a more complete understanding of newcomers' experiences

by: Louis, Meryl Reis; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Commerce and Business Administration

Publication date: 1979

Topics: Employee orientation, Labor turnover

Publisher: [Urbana, Ill.] : College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Collection: university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign; americana

Contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Volume: BEBR No.562

"An earlier version of the paper was presented at the November 1978 Los Angeles Meetings of the Operations Research Society of America/The Institute of Management Sciences."

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-25)

"Growing disillusionment among new members of organizations has been traced to inadequacies in approaches to organizational entry. To provide a foundation for more adequate organizational entry practices, gaps in existing approaches are identified and a more comprehensive conceptual framework is developed. The framework: identifies key features of transition experiences; describes the sense-making processes by which individuals cope with transition features, in particular 'surprises'; highlights how newcomers and insiders differ in sense-making needs and resources. Implications are drawn for organizational entry practices."