Title: The organisational socialisation of young software engineers: the case study of an US subsidiary in India

Authors: Richa Awasthy; Satish K. Kalra; Rajen K. Gupta

Addresses: Organisational Behaviour Area, International Management Institute, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India ' Organisational Behaviour Area, International Management Institute, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India ' Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Abstract: Changing workforce demographics, marked by competitive recruiting and faster turnover among younger employees, is creating unprecedented employee-retention problems in many industries and threatening to reduce the capacity for innovation, growth and operational efficiency. A growing number of firms are recognising that they must find ways to recruit and retain new talent who will stick around long enough to make their tenure worth underwriting. Although a great deal of research has been conducted in the area of organisational socialisation, this study contributes to the literature by providing the relevance of societal culture in socialisation process of young employees working in Indian subsidiary. The implications of the findings from this exploratory study for educators, managers and researchers are discussed.

Keywords: early socialisation; young people; software engineers; India; ICT industry; socialisation processes; information technology; communications technology; organisational socialisation; USA; subsidiaries; United States; changing demographics; workforce demographics; competitive recruiting; employee turnover; younger employees; employee retention; innovation; growth; operational efficiency; recruitment; new talent; societal culture; educators; managers; researchers; Indian culture; business management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2012.047413

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2012 Vol.5 No.4, pp.415 - 437

Published online: 20 Dec 2014 *

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