ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION: THE PRE AND POST JOINING PRACTICES FOR NEW HIRES

Despite a supportive governmental policy, the industrial growth of Kerala lags behind in progress. Hence, it is essential to accelerate the industrial growth, to create a spurt in the industrial sector through strategic investment of human resource potential, and by stream liningthe available infrastructure. The goal of every organization is luring, sorting and hiring the most productive employees into their fold and their retention. Hence, they invest huge resources in the hiring process. Yet, the biggest problem faced by every organization is the
high dropout of new employees selected with utmost care, intelligent planning and great expectations. The significance of OS gains highlight in this context. Organizational Socialization is the practice of adaptation and familiarization of the fresh employees to their newly joined work atmosphere by equipping them with essential job skills as well as to acquaint them with the organizational ethos. Learning and adjustment process enables the workers to prove that
they have imbibed knowledge, ability and skills required for the attainment of the organizational goals, which facilitates to familiarize them with the organization culture by adapting themselves to the new job expectations. The socialization phase is significant because it helps to embrace their organizational roles effectively or to quit the organization if it is in conflict with their individual expectations. The successful outcome of organizational socialization leads to organizational commitment & loyalty, higher level of job satisfaction and job performance of the new employee and on the other hand if it is ineffective or unsuccessful the consequence would be inefficacy, job anxiety, lack of satisfaction, burnout and higher turnover rates.
Hence, organizational socialization has great relevance in any organization.