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6 Res. & Sci. Today 108 (2013)
Enhancing Organizational Socialization through the Player Journey

handle is hein.journals/rescito6 and id is 108 raw text is: Research and Science Today No. 2(6)/20 13 ENHANCING ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION THROUGH THE PLAYER JOURNEY Valentin DOROGAN' Tudor MIC2 ABSTRACT: ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION THAT HAS PROFOUND IMPACT ON BOTH THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE WELLBEING OF ITS MEMBERS. IN THIS PAPER WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION, AT WHAT VIDEO GAMES USE AS EQUIVALENT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION, THE PLAYER JOURNEY, AND AT WHAT MAKES A GAME FUN. WE TRY TO IDENTIFY THE MOST USED GAME MECHANICS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAYER JOURNEY BY STUDYING SOME OF THE BEST VIDEO GAMES ON THE MARKET. WE APPLY INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH ON DATA COLLECTED FORM 60 VIDEO GAMES BY OBSERVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIFIC GAME MECHANICS AND TYPES OF FUN THROUGHOUT THE PHASES OF THE PLAYER JOURNEY WE IDENTIFY THE MAIN ASPECTS THAT MAKE A SUCCESSFUL PLAYER JOURNEY AND USE THEM TO PROPOSE A STARTING POINT IN CREATING PRINCIPLES FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION. KEY WORDS: ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION, THE PLAYER JOURNEY, GAME MECHANICS, WORK, MOTIVATION INTRODUCTION Society nowadays is becoming more mobile than in the past and this particular characteristic changes a lot of the ongoing dynamics between different social aspects. One such change is in the way we choose and change our professional career. These days it is not uncommon to choose one job just to realize it doesn't fulfill our personal desires and thus leading to a search for a different job. With the start of each job the new employee has to adapt to the specifics of the hiring organization. This process is known as organizational socialization and is defined as the process by which an individual comes to appreciate the values, abilities, expected behaviors, and social knowledge essential for assuming an organizational role and for participating as an organizational member3. The success of this process directly determines the speed at which the newcomer becomes a full member and his 1 Conf. Dr., Moldova State University, Republic of Moldova, valentin.zaha@gmail.com 2 Phd student, Moldova State University, Republic of Moldova, tudormic @yahoo.com 3 Meryl R. Louis, Surprise and sense making: what newcomers experience in entering unfamiliar organizational settings, Administrative Science Quarterly 25 (1980): 229-30

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