Editing Socialization (section)

=== Organizational socialization ===
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[[File:Organizationalsocializationmodel.jpg|thumb|Organizational socialization chart]]
Organizational socialization is the process whereby an employee learns the knowledge and skills necessary to assume his or her role in an organization.<ref>{{cite thesis | url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-4281 | title=Introduktion – Integration? : Om introduktionsprogrammets betydelse för integration av nyanställda | trans-title=Introduction – Integration? : On the introduction programs’ importance for the integration of new employees | first=Alvenfors | last=Adam | date=1 January 2010 | language=sv | degree=Bachelor | publication-place=Sweden | publisher=University of Skövde}}</ref> As newcomers become socialized, they learn about the organization and its history, values, jargon, culture, and procedures. Acquired knowledge about new employees' future work-environment affects the way they are able to apply their skills and abilities to their jobs. How actively engaged the employees are in pursuing knowledge affects their socialization process.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Kammeyer-Mueller | first1=J.D. | last2=Wanberg | first2=C.R. | year=2003 | title=Unwrapping the organizational entry process: Disentangling antecedents and their pathways to adjustment | journal=Journal of Applied Psychology | volume=88 | issue=5 | pages=779–94 | doi=10.1037/0021-9010.88.5.779 | pmid=14516244 | citeseerx=10.1.1.318.5702}}</ref> New employees also learn about their work group, the specific people they will work with on a daily basis, their own role in the organization, the skills needed to do their job, and both formal procedures and informal norms. Socialization functions as a [[Control system (disambiguation)|control system]] in that newcomers learn to internalize and obey organizational values and practices.