Abstract
It has been determined that businesses can influence organizational socialization of new employees by specific proactive measures (Hsiung & Hsieh, 2003). Social activities among peers such as sports participation have proven to be particularly worthwhile (Kim, Cable & Kim, 2005). Although it is indisputable that organized sports provide considerable opportunities for integration (Rittner & Breuer, 2004), this potential social integrative effect in the company setting has not yet been systematically investigated. Analysis of the literature showed that occupational and organizational psychology dealt resolutely with the theory of organizational socialization, but neglected to consider empirically the social integrative effect of physical activity programs. The field of sports science on the other hand has a general knowledge of sports and integration, but so far has not addressed this topic with respect to companies either from a theoretical or from an empirical point of view. With this in mind, potential research projects are suggested and discussed.
| Translated title of the contribution | Sports as a means toward social integration of new employees into companies?: Theoretical introduction and status of current research |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 104-109 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Sportwissenschaft |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |