Research Critique Paper
Research Critique
Support, Undermining, and Newcomer Socialization:
Fitting In During the First 90 Days
To: Dr. Mary Jo Ducharme
Student: Daryn Dyer 212886263
Course: Research Methods GS/HRM6600
Due: November 1st, 2013
Organizational socialization refers to the process by which newcomers make the transition from being outsiders to organizational insiders. An interactionist perspective to both newcomer and organizational influences on the adjustment process (Bauer, Bodner, Erdogan, Truxillo & Tucker, 2007 p.707). The objective of this study is to determine, “how the relationships between supervisor and coworkers support or undermining behaviours, positive hedonic tone and proactive socialization, …show more content…
In particular the significant influence that support and undermining behaviours play during the socialization process with hedonic tone acting as a mediator between the newcomer and support or undermining influences (Kammeyer-Mueller et al. 2013 p.1110). In addition, the use of longitudinal surveys during the first 90 days, yielded a respectable response rate of 28.1% and, 97% for the ongoing study (Kammeyer-Mueller et al. 2013 p.1110). The participating researcher’s acknowledgement of notable points of interest, based on analysis of the data and limitations derived from the results will add applicable knowledge to future studies on the topic. Note: limitations will be reviewed in the method section of this …show more content…
There are obvious challenges in creating something that may or may not exist. For instance, the exploration between the relationships of 9 distinct yet interconnected variables opens the door to such issues as type I and type II errors as well as questions of external validity (Saks, 2009, p.38-45). Two particular variables of concern include positive hedonic tone and neuroticism which the authors may have employed based on perceptions of relevance. Having said that, their conceptual model is sound, the research design and hypotheses (which will be examined in the next section) have been well developed and identification and explanation of each variable is explained in
Support, Undermining, and Newcomer Socialization:
Fitting In During the First 90 Days
To: Dr. Mary Jo Ducharme
Student: Daryn Dyer 212886263
Course: Research Methods GS/HRM6600
Due: November 1st, 2013
Organizational socialization refers to the process by which newcomers make the transition from being outsiders to organizational insiders. An interactionist perspective to both newcomer and organizational influences on the adjustment process (Bauer, Bodner, Erdogan, Truxillo & Tucker, 2007 p.707). The objective of this study is to determine, “how the relationships between supervisor and coworkers support or undermining behaviours, positive hedonic tone and proactive socialization, …show more content…
In particular the significant influence that support and undermining behaviours play during the socialization process with hedonic tone acting as a mediator between the newcomer and support or undermining influences (Kammeyer-Mueller et al. 2013 p.1110). In addition, the use of longitudinal surveys during the first 90 days, yielded a respectable response rate of 28.1% and, 97% for the ongoing study (Kammeyer-Mueller et al. 2013 p.1110). The participating researcher’s acknowledgement of notable points of interest, based on analysis of the data and limitations derived from the results will add applicable knowledge to future studies on the topic. Note: limitations will be reviewed in the method section of this …show more content…
There are obvious challenges in creating something that may or may not exist. For instance, the exploration between the relationships of 9 distinct yet interconnected variables opens the door to such issues as type I and type II errors as well as questions of external validity (Saks, 2009, p.38-45). Two particular variables of concern include positive hedonic tone and neuroticism which the authors may have employed based on perceptions of relevance. Having said that, their conceptual model is sound, the research design and hypotheses (which will be examined in the next section) have been well developed and identification and explanation of each variable is explained in