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Costs and Benefits of Newcomer Adjustment Tactics
Author(s) -
CooperThomas Helena D.,
Stadler Matthias J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12104
Subject(s) - psychology , asset (computer security) , sample (material) , position (finance) , social psychology , test (biology) , id, ego and super ego , business , finance , computer science , paleontology , chemistry , computer security , chromatography , biology
Research on information seeking, feedback seeking, and newcomer proactive behavior reveals that employees use various criteria in deciding how to act. This article investigates an integrative framework for such criteria proposed by C ooper‐ T homas and W ilson, comprising three domains (performance, ego, social) and two factors (cost, benefit). Three independent scenario‐based studies were used to test their model. The results supported some propositions of the model, such as the primacy of performance concerns, yet failed to support other propositions, with benefits consistently predominating over costs. Factors that might underlie the contradictory results were systematically controlled for, namely the sample, hypothetical scenario, and initial asset position. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.