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- Title
Team Receptivity to Newcomers: Five Decades of Evidence and Future Research Themes.
- Authors
Rink, Floor; Kane, Aimée A.; Ellemers, Naomi; van der Vegt, Gerben
- Abstract
Reviews of research on newcomers mostly address socialization processes, focusing on individual adjustment. This article takes a different approach by examining the ways in which teams adapt to newcomers, indicatingteam receptivity. We review the empirical research published over the last five decades (1960–June 2012) that examines the antecedents of three team receptivity components—team reflection, team knowledge utilization, and newcomer acceptance—across different research disciplines and team settings. Drawing on this literature, we propose that team receptivity to newcomers can have positive consequences for sustained team performance, provided that team reflection and team knowledge utilization coincide with newcomer acceptance. We challenge scholars to tackle these three components simultaneously and provide methodological recommendations for doing so. To facilitate such efforts, we present a conceptual multi-level model specifying team, oldtimer, and newcomer characteristics that contribute to team receptivity and are amenable to managerial intervention.
- Subjects
SOCIALIZATION; TEAMS in the workplace; ORGANIZATIONAL structure; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Academy of Management Annals, 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1, p247
- ISSN
1941-6067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/19416520.2013.766405