Communication-Related Sense-Making and Adjustment during Job Transfers
| Autor: | Fredric M. Jablin, Michael W. Kramer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Longitudinal study
Labour economics Strategy and Management Communication Transition (fiction) 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Task (project management) 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Relocation Social psychology 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Management Communication Quarterly. 12:155-182 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6798 0893-3189 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0893318998122001 |
| Popis: | Sense-making research has generally focused on how newcomers adjust to organizations. This study examined how sense-making facilitates employee adjustment when employees experience geographic transfers, a form of nonentry transition. Based on a longitudinal study of 91 transferees, the authors found that transferees did experience unmet expectations during their transitions. In particular, their unmet expectations for organizational support and community were associated with negative adjustment beyond that explained by their initial expectations and background characteristics. However, employees who were better able to make sense (develop knowledge) of appropriate forms of task communication in their new environments tended to experience more positive adjustment than did those who developed less knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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