Organizational socialization is the process by which newcomers become effective organizational members. After a synthesis of organizational research socialization, we review three streams of public administration research on this topic - those looking at the relations between socialization and individual-organization fit; those looking at its effects on public service motivation; and those examining the socialization of Eurocrats - before turning to a last, more heterogeneous set of studies. We conclude with an agenda for future research.
Hatmaker, D., Moyson, S., & Raaphorst, N. (2016). Organizational socialization. In Farazmand, A. (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (p. p. 1-7). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_148-1