New hires' information seeking behaviour
This study investigated new hires' informational acquisition about organisational domains. New hires were portrayed as proactive in seeking information about their organisations following job entry. Information seeking becomes a means of assimilating into their new roles. Importance of differ...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10729 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Summary: | This study investigated new hires' informational acquisition about organisational domains. New hires were portrayed as proactive in seeking information about their organisations following job entry. Information seeking becomes a means of assimilating into their new roles. Importance of difference types of information, relationships between types and techniques and sources and the effects of moderators (extroversion, social support of co-workers and supervisors and the size of the organisation) on information acquition through inquiry were studied. |
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