Helping shy employees with career success: The impact of organizational socialization
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Taormina, Robert J.
Abstract / Description
As shy people have been reported to experience interpersonal and professional difficulties at work, this study examined the extent to which shy employees have lower perceptions of their career success and whether organizational socialization could favorably moderate the relationship between shyness and subjective career success. Questionnaires containing personality and socialization measures were given to 375 full-time employees. Confirming the hypotheses, t-test results revealed that shy (compared to non-shy) employees scored significantly lower on Subjective Career Success, Self-Confidence, and Emotional Intelligence; while scoring significantly higher on work-related Emotional Exhaustion. Regressions revealed that the four facets of organizational socialization (Training, Understanding, Coworker Support, and Future Prospects) all had significant moderating effects that yielded increases in the levels of Subjective Career Success for the shy employees. Implications for management are discussed.
Keyword(s)
shyness subjective career success organizational socialization moderator burnoutPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2019-04-30
Journal title
Psychological Thought
Volume
12
Issue
1
Page numbers
41–62
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Taormina, R. J. (2019). Helping shy employees with career success: The impact of organizational socialization. Psychological Thought, 12(1), 41–62. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.317
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Taormina, Robert J.
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Date of first publication2019-04-30
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Abstract / DescriptionAs shy people have been reported to experience interpersonal and professional difficulties at work, this study examined the extent to which shy employees have lower perceptions of their career success and whether organizational socialization could favorably moderate the relationship between shyness and subjective career success. Questionnaires containing personality and socialization measures were given to 375 full-time employees. Confirming the hypotheses, t-test results revealed that shy (compared to non-shy) employees scored significantly lower on Subjective Career Success, Self-Confidence, and Emotional Intelligence; while scoring significantly higher on work-related Emotional Exhaustion. Regressions revealed that the four facets of organizational socialization (Training, Understanding, Coworker Support, and Future Prospects) all had significant moderating effects that yielded increases in the levels of Subjective Career Success for the shy employees. Implications for management are discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationTaormina, R. J. (2019). Helping shy employees with career success: The impact of organizational socialization. Psychological Thought, 12(1), 41–62. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.317en_US
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ISSN2193-7281
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2313
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2699
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.317
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Keyword(s)shynessen_US
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Keyword(s)subjective career successen_US
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Keyword(s)organizational socializationen_US
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Keyword(s)moderatoren_US
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Keyword(s)burnouten_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleHelping shy employees with career success: The impact of organizational socializationen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titlePsychological Thought
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Page numbers41–62
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Volume12
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