Abstract

This paper focuses on the intersection between organisational socialisation and organisational knowledge communication. Although knowledge is central in organisational socialisation as the process of settling-in in organisations it remains a ‘black box’. I therefore develop a framework integrating organisational socialisation and organisational knowledge communication, to begin to unravel knowledge as a ‘black box’ in organisational socialisation, and I identify how and where relevant links between organisational socialisation and organisational knowledge communication can be made, answering the research question: How can the field of organisational knowledge communication be integrated in organisational socialisation to help us better understand and work with organisational socialisation as a process where knowledge communication takes place? The theoretical framework I present is a synthesis of organisational socialisation and organisational knowledge communication based on relevant interfaces. I show how organisational socialisation can be understood as a knowledge process, I argue that the interactionist perspective in organisational socialisation is a central anchor for integrating organisational knowledge communication in organisational socialisation, and I show that organisational knowledge communication can nuance the way we understand knowledge communication in organisational socialisation, by helping us understand organisations and organisational phenomena as dynamic, appreciate knowledge as complex (being situated, contextual and relational), and model communication as transactional. I point to the explainability value of integrating knowledge communication insights in organisational socialisation, in that it provides a specific framework for approaching knowledge and knowledge communication in organisational entry and ongoing socialisation processes.

Presenters

Mia Rasmussen
Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Learning, Aalborg University, North Jutland, Denmark

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Organizations as Knowledge Makers

KEYWORDS

Knowledge Communication, Organisational Socialisation, Organisational Entry, Framework

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