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- Title
PEER GROUPS IN INDUSTRY.
- Authors
Patten, Thomas H.; Jr.
- Abstract
The research report by William M. Eva "Peer-Group Interaction and Organizational socialization: A Study of Employee Turnover," raises some interesting questions regarding the process of integrating inexperienced college graduate trainees in large-scale organizations. Evan's emphasis on the peer-group bond is a novel departure from other studies which focus on problems of orientation, occupational choice, career aspirations, and related subjects of interest to personnel managers and vocational guidance specialists. To understand fully the process of organizational socialization, however, it is probably necessary to go beyond peer-group interaction. Evan found the turnover or drop-out rate for trainees is several times higher than that for experienced engineers and scientists in the same organization. He estimates that a 50 per cent drop-out rate may obtain in other companies having similar training programs. Since this figure is apparently high relative to that for most types of salaried industrial employees, one may infer that factors other than peer- group interaction stimulate turnover among inexperienced college graduate trainees.
- Subjects
PEER counseling of students; LABOR turnover; COLLEGE graduates; TUTORS &; tutoring; OCCUPATIONAL training; VOCATIONAL guidance
- Publication
American Sociological Review, 1964, Vol 29, Issue 1, p100
- ISSN
0003-1224
- Publication type
Article