APPENDIX 1 Questionnaire

Dear Respondent, I am working on a project titled Newcomers Socialisation and Self-Efficacy in relation to Organizational Culture. Socialization is a process through which a new employee learns to adapt to an organizational culture. Your cooperation in completing the questionnaire will make the results of this study more useful and beneficial in understanding the changes in Newcomers adjustment processes. All information collected is solely for research purpose and only consolidated results will be presented. I request you to kindly spare your valuable time and fill the below questionnaire HONESTLY. Kindly do not omit any item. Thank you for your cooperation. Regards, Srividya Vedasnata M. Phil (Management) Gender: Age: Female Below 25 yrs Graduate Male 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51 and above yrs

Qualification:

Post Graduate

Professional Qualification

Others (specify)

You completed your highest education in...city in..state. Marital Status: Married Single others (specify)

No.of months worked in the present company (specify):

Designation (specify):

This is your First company

Second company

Third company

Others

(specify)

Tick any one of the career choices you intend to pursue in future:

Expert: Career choice made once for a lifetime, with commitment to an occupation where the definition of success is Mastering the skills, knowledge and work of an expert.

Linear: Career choice focusses on upward movement on an extremely defined ladder such as managerial hierarchy, where upward promotions are desired as frequently as posssible.

Spiral: Career choice evolves through a series of occupations where each new choice builds on past choices in order to develop new skills- related lateral movement.

Transitory: Career choice involves frequent change of field, organizations and jobs. Variety of experience is a dominant force-unrelated lateral movement.

INSTRUCTIONS
Listed in the next pages are statements relating to different socialisation tactics and outcome variables. Please read each of the statements carefully and decide to what extent it is characteristic of you.For each statement, kindly tick () in the appropriate box. Kindly remember to RESPOND TO ALL ITEMS, even if you are not completely sure. Your answers will be kept in the strictest confidence. Please be honest in responding to these statements.
Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree Neutral Somewhat Agree Moderately Agree Strongly Agree

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SECTION A
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. In the last six months I have been extremely involved with other new recruits in common job related activities. Other newcomers have been instrumental in helping me to understand my job requirements. This organization puts all newcomers through the same set of learning experience. Most of my training has been carried out apart from other newcomers. There is a sense of being in the same boat amongst newcomers in the organization. I have been through a set of training experiences which are specifically designed to give newcomers a thorough knowledge of job related skills. During my training for this job I was normally physically apart from regular organization members. I did not perform any of my normal job responsibilities until I was thoroughly familiar with departmental procedures and work methods. Much of my knowledge has been acquired informally on a trial and error basis. I have been very aware that I am seen as learning the ropes in this organization. I have been made to feel that my skills and abilities are very important in this organization. Almost all of my colleagues have been supportive of me personally. I have had to change my attitude and values to be accepted in this organization. My colleagues have gone out of their way to help me adjust in this organization. I feel that experienced organizational members have held me at a distance until I conform to their expectations. There is a clear pattern in the way one role leads to another or one job assignment leads to another in this organization. Each stage of the training process has, and will, expand and build upon the job knowledge gained during the preceding stages of the process.

18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

The movement from role to role and function to function to build up experience and track record is very apparent in this organization. This organization does not put newcomers through an identifiable sequence of learning experiences. The steps in the career ladder are clearly specified in this organization. The experienced organization members see advising or training newcomers as one of their main job responsibilities in this organization. I am gaining a clear understanding of my role in this organization through observing my senior colleagues. Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree Somewhat Disagree Neutral Somewhat Agree Moderately Agree Strongly Agree

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SECTION A
23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. I have received little guidance from experienced organization members as to how I should perform my job. I have little or no access to people who have previously performed my role in this organization. I have been generally left alone to discover what my role should be in this organization. I can predict my future career path in this organization by observing other peoples experiences. I have a good knowledge of the time it will take me to go through the various stages of the training process in this organization. The way in which my progress through this organization will follow a fixed timetable of events has been clearly communicated to me. I have little idea when to expect a new job assignment or training exercise in this organization. Most of my knowledge of what may happen to me in the future comes informally, through the grapevine, rather through regular organizational channels. My new job is well within the scope of my abilities. I do not anticipate any problems in adjusting to work in this organization. I feel I am overqualified for the job I will be doing. I have all the technical knowledge I need to deal with my new job, all I need now is practical experience. I feel confident that my skills and abilities equal or exceed those of my future colleagues. My past experiences and accomplishments increase my confidence that I will be able to perform successfully in this organization. I could have handled a more challenging job than the one I will be doing. Professionally speaking, my new job exactly satisfies my expectations of myself.

P.T.O Very False Moderately False Somewhat False Neutral Somewhat True Moderately True Very True

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SECTION-B
39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49 . I have made an attempt to redefine my role and change what I am required to do. While I am satisfied with my overall job responsibilities, I have altered the procedures for doing my job. I have changed the mission or purpose of my role. The procedures for performing my job are generally appropriate in my view. I have tried to change the procedures for doing my job and to institute new work goals. I talk up this organization to my friends as a great organization to work for. I feel very little loyalty to this organization. I would accept almost any type of job assignment in order to keep working for this organization. I am proud to tell others that I am a part of this organization. I could just as well be working for a different organization as long as the type of work was similar.

50.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56.

It would take very little change in my present circumstances to cause me to leave this organization. I am extremely glad I chose this organization to work for over others I was considering at the time I joined.
There is not much to be gained by sticking to this organization indefinitely. For me, this is the best of all possible organizations to work for. Deciding to work for this organization was a definite mistake on my part. I will probably look for a new job in the coming year. I scan the newspapers and other sources for prospective jobs. Indicate your measure of overall satisfaction by choosing one of the faces depicted below:

P.T.O Very False Moderately False Somewhat False Neutral Somewhat True Moderately True Very True

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SECTION-C
57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. Recruiters receive at least one week of intensive training. Recruitment forms identify several key traits deemed crucial to the firms success; traits are defined in concrete terms and interviewer records specific evidence of each trait. Recruits are subjected to at least four in-depth interviews. Company actively facilitates de-selection during the recruiting process by revealing minuses as well as pluses. New hires work long hours, are exposed to intensive training of considerable difficulty and / or perform relatively menial tasks in the first months. The intensity of entry level experience builds cohesiveness among peers in each entering class. All professional employees in a particular discipline begin in entry level positions regardless of prior experience or advanced degrees. Reward systems and promotion criteria require mastery of a core discipline as a precondition of advancement. The career path for professional employees is relatively consistent over the first six to ten years with the company. Reward systems, performance incentives, promotion criteria and other primary measures of success reflect a high degree of congruence. Virtually all professional employees can identify and articulate the firms shared values (i.e. the purpose or mission that ties the firm to society, the customer or its employees). There are very few instances when actions of management appear to violate the firms espoused values. Employees frequently make personal sacrifices for the firm out of commitment to the firms shared values. When confronted with trade-offs between systems measuring short-term results and doing whats best for the company in the long term, the firm usually decides in favor of the long term. The organization fosters mentor protg relationships. There is considerable similarity among high potential candidates in each particular discipline.

Thank You for your kind co-operation and valuable time.