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The newcomer understanding and integration scale: Psychometric evidence across six samples (2019)
Journal Article
Cooper-Thomas, H. D., Stadler, M., Park, J. H., Chen, J., Au, A. K. C., Tan, K. W. T., …Tansley, S. (2020). The newcomer understanding and integration scale: Psychometric evidence across six samples. Journal of Business and Psychology, 35(4), 435-454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-019-09636-9

Models of organizational socialization situate newcomer understanding and social integration as critical proximal outcomes, yet researchers have identified both theoretical and psychometric weaknesses in existing survey measures. Drawing on prior res... Read More about The newcomer understanding and integration scale: Psychometric evidence across six samples.

Understanding newcomer role orientation in the workplace: A self-determination theory perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Chen, J., & Cooper-Thomas, H. (2019, May). Understanding newcomer role orientation in the workplace: A self-determination theory perspective. Presented at 2019 European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress, Turin, Italy

Newcomers can be a source of innovation for organisations, bringing fresh perspectives and novel solutions. Thus, in many organisations, it is desirable for newcomers to adopt an innovative (versus custodial) role orientation. Using self-determinatio... Read More about Understanding newcomer role orientation in the workplace: A self-determination theory perspective.