...Silvia Gherardi; Manuela Perrotta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an interpretative framework of induction as a social practice to examine the ecology of the human and non-human actors involved in the production of induction as a social effect. Design/methodology/approach Three...

... --> Society and Business Review “Staff induction practices and organizational socialization: a review and extension of the debate” Induction Organizational culture Socialization Elena P. Antonacopoulou GNOSIS, University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, UK...

...E. Antonacopoulou; W. Güttel; Y. Pesqueux; Diego Ponte; Carlo Rizzi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the ongoing debate on organizational socialization by exploring the constitutive aspects of socialization practice. By taking a practice stance, the paper explores how...

...Silvia Gherardi; Manuela Perrotta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an interpretative framework of induction as a social practice in order to examine the ecology of the human and non‐human actors involved in the production of induction as a social effect. Design/methodology...

...Kjersti Bjørkeng; Stewart Clegg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore organizational induction as socially situated learning processes. It presents an empirical study of inductees going through an induction program in a medium sized bank and discusses their induction as a dual process...

...Elena P. Antonacopoulou; Wolfgang H. Güttel Purpose Socialization is one of the fundamental processes that define how collectivities emerge. Socialization underpins the social structures that shape not only how social actors interact in community but also the boundaries of action and the rules...

...Elena P. Antonacopoulou; Yvon Pesqueux Purpose At the core of how societies operate, lies social interaction. Organizations as significant social bodies rely on social interaction both to get things done in order to remain sustainable and to also impart a contribution to the wider society...