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Organizational Socialization Joining and Leaving Organizations

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ISBN-10: 0745646352

ISBN-13: 9780745646350

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael Kramer

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The experiences of joining and leaving organizations permeate most peoplersquo;s lives in the 21st century. This book provides a framework for increasing our understanding of those experiences using a mixture of specific examples, scholarly findings, and theoretical concepts and models. Each chapter begins with a realistic scenario that illustrates its concepts and theories. Then the chapters explore the entire socialization process from anticipatory socialization, in which individuals choose occupations and organizations to join, to voluntarily or involuntarily exit from those same organizations. In between, chapters examine the process of entering organizations, learning their culture,…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 3/12/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.30" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Hal Brill is the coauthor of Investing With Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference (Bloomberg, 1999; New Society 2000) and cofounder of Natural Investments. He lives in a sustainable neighborhood that he developed on the edge of Paonia, Colorado. He is on the board of Solar Energy International, which provides technical training in renewable energy, and is business manager of an organic hops farm.Michael Kramer is Director of Social Research at Natural Investments. He serves on the national policy committee of USSIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investing. He publishes a Sustainable Shareholder column at GreenBiz.com, and is a strong advocate of innovative financial…    

List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
An Introduction to Socialization and Assimilation
Occupational and Role Anticipatory Socialization
Organizational Anticipatory Socialization
Organizational Encounter
Culture
Relationships
Transitions
Organizational Exit
Epilogue
References
Index