Purpose

This qualitative study aims to understand young professional newcomers' experiences of communication processes in membership negotiation in their first workplace after graduation.

Design/methodology/approach

Instead of a one-time interview, the participants were contacted five to ten times during the three to ten months, beginning when they entered the workplace. The data were analyzed using a constant comparative method.

Findings

Three communication processes during membership negotiation were identified: developing reciprocity, seeking and perceiving acceptance and becoming an active member. To experience membership, newcomers need to achieve acceptance and engage in reciprocal communication in early interaction situations with managers and coworkers.

Research limitations/implications

Only the experiences of newly graduated newcomers were studied. This study illustrates the communication processes and social interaction evolving in membership negotiation during newcomers' entry.

Practical implications

Organizations need to re-evaluate their short orientation programs to support membership negotiations in workplace communication.

Social implications

By recognizing the communication processes during membership negotiation, the practices of newcomers' entry can be developed to support the membership development.

Originality/value

This study contributes to membership negotiation by showing how newcomers join the flow of membership negotiation through the processes of developing reciprocity, seeking and perceiving acceptance and becoming an active member.

中文翻译：

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第一个工作场所的成员资格谈判–新移民的经验

目的

这项定性研究旨在了解年轻专业新人毕业后在其第一个工作场所进行的会员谈判中的沟通过程经验。

设计/方法/方法

从进入工作场所开始的三到十个月内，与参与者进行了五到十次联系，而不是一次面试。使用恒定比较方法分析数据。

发现

确定了成员资格谈判期间的三个沟通过程：发展互惠，寻求和感知接受并成为活跃成员。要体验会员资格，新来者需要在与经理和同事的早期互动情况下获得接受并进行相互交流。

研究局限/意义

仅研究了刚毕业的新移民的经历。这项研究说明了新移民进入过程中会员谈判中的交流过程和社会互动。

实际影响

组织需要重新评估其短期入职培训计划，以支持工作场所交流中的成员资格谈判。

社会影响

通过识别成员资格协商过程中的沟通过程，可以开发新移民进入的实践以支持成员资格的发展。

创意/价值

这项研究通过显示新人如何通过发展互惠，寻求和感知接受并成为活跃成员的过程，加入了成员谈判流程，从而为成员谈判做出了贡献。