Effectiveness of formal onboarding for facilitating organizational socialization: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effectiveness of formal onboarding programs and practices for new professionals.

Introduction

New professionals may experience high levels of stress and uncertainty. Formal onboarding programs and practices aim to facilitate the socialization of new professionals by structuring early experiences. However, there is a lack of evidence-based recommendations of how to onboard new professionals.

Methods

This review considered studies that compares the effect of formal onboarding practices and programs for new professionals between 18-30 years of age (sample mean) to the effect of informal onboarding practices or 'treatment as usual' in professional organizations internationally. The outcome of interest for the review was the extent to which new

SUBMITTER: Frogeli E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934447 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature