Transfer of Socialization

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the implications of the transfer of training for organizational socialization. It reviews the literature on organizational socialization and the transfer of training and argues that research and practice on organizational socialization can be significantly improved and advanced by applying what we know about the transfer of training to the design and delivery of socialization programs. The chapter defines training and organizational socialization and describes how similar they are in that learning is the most fundamental and primary objective and outcome of training and organizational socialization. It also reviews the socialization research on employee orientation and training which are two primary types of formal programs used by organizations to orient and socialize new hires. The chapter introduces a new construct and model to the socialization literature, based on a review of the transfer of training literature and Baldwin and Ford's model of the transfer of training process.

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