Toward a Theory of Organizational Socialization.

Van Maanen, J., & Schein, E. H. (1979). Toward a Theory of Organizational Socialization. Research in Organizational Behavior, vol. 1, 1, 209-264.

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Journal article

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Primary research

Year

1979

Volume

1

Pages

209-264

Link

https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1570572700931649792

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Mechanisms

• Institutional Onboarding and Socialization
  • Organizational socialization is the anchor — the process by which newcomers acquire the values and knowledge to become insiders

    This sourceDefines organizational socialization as the process through which newcomers acquire the knowledge and values needed to become organizational members.

• New-Member Onboarding Pathway
  • Its central failure mode is coercive assimilation: an onboarding that binds the newcomer by demanding they shed their difference and conform to the in-group, which builds belonging by erasing exactly the fresh perspective the group added them for.

    This sourceDescribes divestiture socialization as stripping prior identity and pressing newcomers toward conformity.

• Onboarding Workflow
  • Its failure mode is treating onboarding as pure logistics — provisioning accounts and ticking boxes — while neglecting organizational socialization

    This sourceTreats organizational socialization as the transmission of information, values, role orientations, work norms, and relationship conventions to organizational members.

• Staged Onboarding
  • Its strength is controlled exposure: the newcomer accrues responsibility at a pace they can absorb, which lowers overwhelm and caps the damage a still-learning person can do while they find the work — the deliberate, staged version of organizational socialization.

    This sourceFormal and sequential organizational socialization deliberately separates recruits during preparation and moves them through specified stages toward a target role.

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