The mediational role of organizational socialization in the relation between quality of relationships with colleagues and global self-esteem: A three-wave study in a sample of military cadets
Purpose: Individuals' ability to learn rules, acquire specific role behaviors, and ultimately to socialize into the new organizational environment has important consequences. However, few studies addressed the impact that socialization may exert on one’s individual differences. Consistent with the principles of sociometer theory (which emphasizes the interpersonal roots of people’s self-worth), in this contribution we investigated whether organizational socialization (OS) mediates the relationship between satisfaction with colleagues (SWC) and workers’ levels of global self-esteem (GSE).