Proactive socialization behavior in China: The mediating role of perceived insider status and the moderating role of supervisors' traditionality
研究中国新员工主动社会化行为的维度，发现主动行为通过提升感知内部人身份来改善任务绩效和社会融入，且上级传统性越强，这种间接效应越弱。
Summary This paper identified the dimensions of proactive socialization behavior among Chinese employees. We examined the mediating effects of perceived insider status on the relationships between proactive socialization behavior and socialization outcomes, and the moderating effect of supervisors' traditionality on the relationship between proactive socialization behavior and perceived insider status. Results from 280 newcomer–supervisor pairs supported the hypotheses that proactive socialization behavior was positively associated with task performance and social integration through perceived insider status. In addition, supervisors' traditionality significantly influenced the indirect relationships that proactive socialization behavior had with task performance and social integration via perceived insider status, such that the relationships became weaker as supervisors' traditionality increased. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.