Initial employment period familiarization

The Initial Employment Period Behaviors, Familiarity, Adaptation and Trust Development... 

Chapter 7 provides a detailed discussion of the adaption and familiarization processes which a new employee will undergo during their initial employment period. These processes will place demands on new employees beyond those associated with their job and can potentially reduce the new employee s ability to maintain situational awareness. Organizations will vary in terms of how they handle new employee adaption and familiarization. However, adaption and familiarization processes can be managed to reduce the time required for their completion and thus remove the burden of these additional demands as quickly and as safely as possible. Chapter 7 notes how supervisors should be formally tasked with helping new employees adapt and familiarize. Chapter 7 also notes issues which may limit supervisor s ability to undertake these tasks, and how co-workers will often be involved in the process of helping a new employee adapt and familiarize. 

One of the most obvious differences in the behavior of a new employee over the initial period of employment is their information seeking behavior. In order to deal with the uncertainty and lack of familiarity associated with entry into a new job, a new employee is likely to engage in a range of information seeking behaviors. As... 

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