Mapping the organizational socialization and onboarding literature: a bibliometric analysis of the field

Autor: Eva Didion, Maria Rosario Perello-Marin, Daniel Catala-Perez, Ute Ambrosius
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Cogent Business & Management, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 23311975
2331-1975
DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2024.2337957
Popis: AbstractThis study provides a comprehensive review of the intellectual structure and current dynamics of onboarding and socialization research. Using the Web of Science (WoS) database, we found 452 research articles that met the inclusion criteria. Biblioshiny R-package and VOSviewer were used for the bibliometric analysis. We lay out the most prolific authors, journals, institutions and articles in this rapidly growing field. We find that current research is scattered all over different topics and disciplines. We identify five research fronts that authors have pursued in the last 5 years. Researchers have focused on: psychological contracts; the role of networks and relationship building; the changing work contexts in which organizational socialization takes place; the effects of newcomer proactivity and interactions with supervisors; onboarding in distinct areas like software engineering. Promising research avenues in this field can be distinguished in: different groups of newcomers; examining interactive effects between newcomers and socialization agents; and analyzing the evolving area of digital and virtual onboarding and organizational socialization.
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