Impact of Socialization on Employee’s Reputation

Arafat Adeel, Muhammad Asim

Abstract


The aim of this study was to analyze whether the impact of socialization on new employees’ reputation is positive or negative. To aware the potential employees about factors that can help in bringing out constructive rapport in the professional life, it was important to explore the importance of socialization and forming association in the organization. Variables studied were socialization, grouping, relationship with other employees, and new employees’ reputation. A sample size of 250 respondents was taken for data screening to carry out this research through simple random sampling technique. This was correlative research and multiple linear regression analysis was used to check the impact of independent variables on employee’s reputation. It was a quantitative as well as qualitative research and data was collected by distributing questionnaires. The result suggested that socialization and association with your colleagues play a vital role in creating good reputation while grouping will not be that helpful. The employees can be social and perform team building attitude rather than forming a group. The study tells about the importance and the level of overall socialization an employee must pursue to get promotion. The balanced socialization can help employee in building up rapport when he is a new entrant in any organization.


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