...Birgitta Schwartz; Karina Tilling Research and experience show that evidence-based practice (EBP), i.e. using the best available knowledge in daily professional work, is difficult to achieve in social services. The purpose of this study is to understand the development of organizational EBP...

.... Career development Employees Socialization Employee orientation programs New employees In most western organizations, a new employee will start in a functional specialty. Only if he or she climbs high enough on the corporate ladder will he or she develop skills that cut across functions...

...Milena Atzori; Luigi Lombardi; Franco Fraccaroli; Adalgisa Battistelli; Sara Zaniboni Purpose This study aims to examine the organizational socialization of women soldiers in the Italian Army. Design/methodology/approach Following an interactionist interpretation of socialization, a model...

...Cathrine Filstad This study examines how newcomers use colleagues as role models in organizational socialization, taking a multiple level approach to organizational socialization as individual, social and cultural learning processes. The newcomers' most important personal characteristics...