Newcomer adjustment during organizational socialization: A meta-analytic review of antecedents, outcomes, and methods.
verifiedrich profile · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2007
Bauer, Talya N.; Bodner, Todd; Erdogan, Berrin; Truxillo, Donald M.; Tucker, Jennifer S.
How this was studied
A meta-analytic synthesis — it pools many primary studies rather than running a single design, so there is no single-study diagram.
What this article reports
The findings we extracted from this work, normalized into Principia’s relationship form (X → Y). Each feeds the synthesized models below.
organizational socialization → organizational commitment
organizational socialization → turnover intention
Models this article informs
The meta-analytic priors this article contributes evidence to — its place in the broader synthesis.
organizational socialization predicts job satisfaction
organizational socialization predicts organizational commitment
organizational socialization predicts turnover intention
In the authors’ words
The article’s own abstract.
The authors tested a model of antecedents and outcomes of newcomer adjustment using 70 unique samples of newcomers with meta-analytic and path modeling techniques. Specifically, they proposed and tested a model in which adjustment (role clarity, self-efficacy, and social acceptance) mediated the effects of organizational socialization tactics and information seeking on socialization outcomes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job performance, intentions to remain, and turnover). The results generally supported this model. In addition, the authors examined the moderating effects of methodology on these relationships by coding for 3 methodological issues: data collection type (longitudinal vs. cross-sectional), sample characteristics (school-to-work vs. work-to-work transitions), and measurement of the antecedents (facet vs. composite measurement). Discussion focuses on the implications of the findings and suggestions for future research.
What the literature says about it
Attributed, open-access quotes from other works that cite this article, plus the citation-graph verdict tally. Corroborations and disputes, in one place — the honest-broker view.
supports “The meta-analytical studies of Bauer et al. ( 2007 ) and Saks et al. ( 2007 ) support the theory that uncertainty reduction is a fundamental explanation for the effects of onboarding on attitudes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention.”
supports “The meta-analytical studies of Bauer et al. ( 2007 ) and Saks et al. ( 2007 ) support the theory that uncertainty reduction is a fundamental explanation for the effects of onboarding on attitudes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention.”
supports “The meta-analytical studies of Bauer et al. ( 2007 ) and Saks et al. ( 2007 ) support the theory that uncertainty reduction is a fundamental explanation for the effects of onboarding on attitudes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention.”
supports “Previous research has shown that onboarding programmes are associated with the development of positive job attitudes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job embeddedness (Bowen and Blackmon 2003; Bauer et al. 2007 ; Pratiwi et al. 2018 ).”
supports “…behaviors affect newcomers’ adjustment, which is related to job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job performance and turnover intention (Bauer et al., 2007; Saks et al., 2007). at the beginning of this century, the term onboarding emerged, especially in the practitioner literature…”
supports “Greater professional adjustment is related to greater performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intentions to remain in one’s profession, as well as less turnover (Bauer et al., 2007).”
supports “Previous research has shown that onboarding programmes are associated with the development of positive job attitudes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job embeddedness (Bowen and Blackmon 2003; Bauer et al. 2007 ; Pratiwi et al. 2018 ).”
supports “…behaviors affect newcomers’ adjustment, which is related to job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job performance and turnover intention (Bauer et al., 2007; Saks et al., 2007). at the beginning of this century, the term onboarding emerged, especially in the practitioner literature…”
supports “…behaviors affect newcomers’ adjustment, which is related to job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job performance and turnover intention (Bauer et al., 2007; Saks et al., 2007). at the beginning of this century, the term onboarding emerged, especially in the practitioner literature…”
Ancillary research
Neighbouring works in the citation graph around this article.
- 10.1007/s11846-025-00864-3
- 10.1080/23311975.2024.2337957
- 10.1080/1359432x.2023.2276532
- 10.1177/01492063241277168
Assembled from Principia’s registry — bibliographic record, extracted effect sizes, the models they inform, and open-access citing literature.