SOCIALIZATION PROCESSES

Zach Miller

How Did You Imagine College?

Like This?How About This?Maybe This?More Like This?

Where Did These Beliefs Come From?

Socialization Processes

Anticipatory Socialization Vocational Organizational

Organizational Assimilation

What is Socialization?

Socialization is understanding the norms.

Must be integrated into culture!

You have already begun socialization!

Anticipatory Socialization

Vocational- Having the basic idea.

Organizational- Job specific expectations.

Organizational Assimilation

You Don’t Know Until You Try- Newcomer on the job

So What Really Goes on Here?

Understand the formal rulesFollow the social/cultural rules

Specialized Jobs High Reliability- No room for error

Specialized Jobs Advanced Communication Technologies

Like being a student in an online class!

NWSF How does this all relate?

Wrong Approach Human Resources Approach

Lack of Organizational Assimilation Lack of an Organized Culture

“When Can You Start?”

Socialization Processes

Anticipatory Socialization

Organizational Socialization

References Eisenberg, E.M., Goodall Jr., H.L., & Trethewey, A.

(2010). Organizational communication. Boston, MA: Bedford/ St. Martin's.

  Toft, A, Van Leuven, N, Bennett, L, Tomhave, J, &

Wells, C. (2007). Which Way for the northwest social forum?. Retrieved from http://plato.bridgew.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_7090_1%26url%3d. Seattle, WA: Center for Communication and Civic Engagement.