It is necessary to adjust new employees in the inner social context of the organization after the process of recruitment and selection. Socialization is concerned with introducing new employees with organizational culture, norms and values. In organizational set up, socialization refers to all passages undergone by an employee before taking the role of an inside member. It is a process of providing background information about the organization and its culture.
Socialization is a process of mutual adaptation of new employees and employer, and providing information about the jobs characteristics. It makes fit between the employees and organizational working environment. Socialization makes the new employees familiar with organizational policies, norms, peers, supervisors, and subordinates which help to enhance the new-comer's commitment, job satisfaction, job performance and the desire for personal control. Moreover, it also helps to reduce employee turnover as the employees are already known to the working environment or the organization. Socialization ensures that the employee's performance will conform to the organization's values and norms.It is the ongoing process of instilling in all employees the prevailing attitude, organizational culture, standards, norms and values, expected by the organization.