Understanding the Process by Which New Employees Enter Work Groups.

Summers, Donald B.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Understanding the Process by Which New Employees Enter Work Groups

Summers, Donald B.

Personnel Journal, 56, 8, 394-397,416, Aug 77

The Group Integration Process, described in this article, serves as a broad and guiding set of steps (invitation, induction, orientation, training, relationship, and integration) that helps the supervisor better understand what is to be done in managing a new employee's entrance into a work group. (TA)

Descriptors: Entry Workers, Group Dynamics, Job Satisfaction, Job Training, Social Adjustment, Staff Role, Supervisors, Vocational Adjustment

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