The Relationships between Organizational Socialization Tactics and Organizational Identification of New-entry Professionals: Moderating Effects of Work Experience and Growth Need Strength

Abstract

Organizational identification(OID) has significant implications for managing the professionals in the fast changing organizations. This study focuses on the relationship between socialization tactics and OID of the professionals. Work experience and personal growth need strength(GNS) are included as moderators. Three results are found. (1)Ignoring the moderating effect, the serial tactic has significantly positive effect on the OID; (2)Considering the moderating effect of work experience, collective and fixed tactics are helpful to OID of the professionals with work experience. (3)Formal and sequential tactics have positive impacts on the OID no matter high or low GNS the professionals have, but high GNS professionals have higher OID than the low GNS ones commonly.