Your Supervisor Arranges for You to Become Involved in an Apprenticeship

question 105

Multiple Choice

Your supervisor arranges for you to become involved in an apprenticeship program to learn the ins and outs of your job from an experienced employee. What effect is this apprenticeship program likely to have on your assimilation into the company?

• A) It is likely to have a negative effect, because random socialization works more effectively than serial socialization in helping new employees to adjust to a company's culture.
• B) It is likely to have an insignificant effect, because serial socialization is not correlated with helping employees to adjust to a company's values and norms.
• C) It is likely to have a positive effect, because random socialization is most critical at the time of an employee's entry into an organization.
• D) It is likely to have a positive effect, because serial socialization works more effectively than random socialization in helping new employees to accept a company's culture.
• E) It is likely to have a negative effect, because serial and random socialization processes only benefit employees at later stages in their tenure with an organization.

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