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Creating a Committed Workforce: Linking Socialization Practices to Business Strategy

Department of Organisational Behaviour, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore

Critical to organizational survival in the 1990's is the creation of a committed workforce fostered by a strong organizational culture manifested in superior Human Resource Management (HRM) practices. In view of the emphasis on organizational culture it is further argued that for organizations to have order and consistency and thereby gain and sustain competitive advantage there should be systematic ways of bringing newcomers into the organization. Implicit in this argument is a call for renewed emphasis on socialization as an HRM practice. Operating in a strategic HRM framework, this paper argues that the thoroughness of socialization practices and therefore the level of employee commitment depends on the organization's business strategy. Propositions linking business strategy, thoroughness of socialization practices and type of employee commitment are suggested

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