Research On The Effect Of Organizational Socialization On Work Performance Of Employees

In recent years,more and more scholars have begun to pay attention to the study of organizational socialization.However,with the progress of time,how does organizational socialization affect work performance and what role person-organization fit plays has not yet reached a consistent conclusion.Therefore the study of the relationship between these three variables,is the further perfect of the system of enterprise management in our country.In this study,we reviewed the past research,conducted a questionnaire survey.Then,we used the software tools such as SPSS13.0 and AMOS17.0 to analyze the data.The results showed that:(1)In the first stage(when newcomers joined the company about three months):There was a significant positive correlation between organizational socialization and person-organization fit;There was a significant positive correlation between organizational socialization and work performance;There was a significant positive correlation between person-organization fit and work performance;Organizational socialization can not only affect work performance directly,but also affect work performance through person-organization fit indirectly.(2)In the second stage(when newcomers joined the company about one year):There was a significant positive correlation between organizational socialization and person-organization fit;There was a significant positive correlation between organizational socialization and work performance;There was a significant positive correlation between person-organization fit and work performance;Organizational socialization can not only affect work performance directly,but also affect work performance through person-organization fit indirectly.Thus,the conclusions of this study are as follows:(1)In the first stage(when newcomers joined the company about three months):the level of person-organization fit is higher when the level of organizational socialization was high;the level of work performance is higher when the level of organizational socialization was high;the level of work performance is higher when the level of person-organization fit was high;organizational socialization has an impact on employee's work performance through person-organization fit,but the direct effect of organizational socialization on work performance is the main factor.(2)In the second stage(when newcomers joined the company about one year):the level of person-organization fit is higher when the level of organizational socialization was high;the level of work performance is higher when the level of organizational socialization was high;the level of work performance is higher when the level of person-organization fit was high;organizational socialization has an impact on employee' s work performance through person-organization fit,the indirect effect has increased significantly,but the direct effect of organizational socialization on work performance is the main factor.Lastly,the limitations of our study and future directions were discussed.