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Changes in newcomer job satisfaction over time: examining the pattern of honeymoons and hangovers.
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Examination of moderating factors revealed that individuals who reported less satisfaction with their prior job and those having more positive experiences on the new job, such as greater fulfilled commitments and a higher degree of socialization were most likely to experience this pattern of job satisfaction.Abstract:
In this study, the authors contribute insight into the temporal nature of work attitudes, examining how job satisfaction changes across the 1st year of employment for a sample of organizational newcomers. The authors examined factors related to job change (i.e., voluntary turnover, prior job satisfaction) and newcomer experiences (i.e., fulfillment of commitments, extent of socialization) that may strengthen or weaken the job satisfaction pattern. Results of a study of 132 newcomers with data collected at 4 unique time periods show a complex curvilinear pattern of job satisfaction, such that satisfaction reached a peak following organizational entry and decreased thereafter. However, examination of moderating factors revealed that individuals who reported less satisfaction with their prior job and those having more positive experiences on the new job, such as greater fulfilled commitments and a higher degree of socialization, were most likely to experience this pattern. Findings from this study offer important implications for theory and research on changes in newcomer attitudes over time as well as practical insight on key factors that shape the pattern of job attitudes as individuals enter and experience a new workplace.read more
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Subjective well-being and adaptation to life events: a meta-analysis.
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The Power of Momentum: A New Model of Dynamic Relationships between Job Satisfaction Change and Turnover Intentions
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Support, undermining, and newcomer socialization: : fitting in during the first 90 days.
TL;DR: This article found that early support and undermining had more significant relationships with work outcomes assessed after 90 days of employment than did increases or decreases in support or undermining over that time period, suggesting early support may lay a foundation for later work outcomes.
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When Employees Are Out of Step with Coworkers: How Job Satisfaction Trajectory and Dispersion Influence Individual- and Unit-Level Voluntary Turnover
TL;DR: In this article, a dynamic multilevel approach was taken to examine how the relationship between an employee's job satisfaction trajectory and subsequent turnover may change depending on the employee's unit.
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Employee Job Search Toward an Understanding of Search Context and Search Objectives
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