Orientation Programs that may Facilitate Newcomer Adjustment: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Abstract

Formal orientation programs play a potentially important role in newcomer adjustment, yet research aimed at understanding and improving the effects of these interventions has stagnated in recent years. The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate a redirection of researchers’ attention to such programs, and to suggest ways to integrate this body of research with recent developments in socialization and training literatures.

Citation

Fan, J., Buckley, M.R. and Litchfield, R.C. (2012), "Orientation Programs that may Facilitate Newcomer Adjustment: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda", Martocchio, J.J., Joshi, A. and Liao, H. (Ed.) Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management (Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Vol. 31), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 87-143. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-7301(2012)0000031005