To date, few studies have explored the boundary conditions of socialization
tactics, and these studies have focused primarily on individual-level factors
such as newcomer values and personality (e.g., Ashforth, Saks, & Lee, 1998;
Jones, 1986; Kim, Cable, & Kim, 2005) rather than examining factors within
an organization’s control. Exploring factors within the control of the organization
helps identify ways in which organizations can create environments that
maximize the possibility of successful newcomer adjustment. Another gap in
the literature is that, to date, researchers have focused on socialization tactics
as the sole mechanism through which organizations may influence newcomer
adjustment (e.g., Gruman & Saks, 2011; Kim et al., 2005).