| Abstract [eng] |
Nowadays, with a change in attitude towards careers, people are more likely to change their jobs (Koen, 2014). Employee mobility and high competinion in the labor market are becoming challenging for organizations, both in the recruitment and newcomer integration into the collective, work process and organizational culture. Poor integration has negative consequences for the organization: approximately one in three employees in Lithuania are leaving their job due to lack of socialization in the work environment and low organizational commitment (Gražulis, 2011). Research considers job search or employee recruitment and further individual adaptation in the organization as separe processes, thus limiting the perception to the relationship between these processes. The aim of this study was to examine the role of employee search methods for the links between the locus of control, self-efficacy and active / pasive job search with organizational socialization and the commitment to the organization. 91 employees from two IT organizations aged 18 – 44 years, of which 31 were female and 60 were male, participated in this study. The results of this study showed that locus of control, self-efficacy and active / passive job search behavior are important factors in predicting employee‘s organizational socialization and organizational commitment. Also, this research revealed the importance of employee search methods for their organizational socialization and organizational commitment. This study is important because it found the effect of moderation of employee search methods in the interaction between self-efficacy and organizational socialization. |
