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How organizational socialization occurring in virtual setting unique: A longitudinal study of socialization

Parul Gupta, Anupama Prashar, Mihalis Giannakis, Vincent Dutot, Yogesh Dwivedi Orcid Logo

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume: 185, Start page: 122097

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122097

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Based on organizational socialization frameworks used to study newcomers' journey of adaptation from outsiders to insiders, this study develops an evolutionary model to examine their socialization in virtual settings. Extending the existing literature, the proposed model views organizational so...

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