Using Dynamic Computational Models to Reconnect Theory and Research: Socialization by the Proactive Newcomer as Example
利用计算模型来呈现新员工社会化理论中的潜在动态过程，指出现有研究未能有效检验这些理论，并提出了支持或反驳动态理论所需的研究设计。
Previous research on dynamic processes during newcomer socialization has involved longitudinal field designs and state-of-the-art analyses. However, findings from this research either contradict key conceptual issues described by prominent socialization theories or are nondiagnostic regarding these issues. In this study computational modeling was used to (1) represent the presumed underlying processes in these theories, (2) demonstrate that current research does not test these theoretical processes, and (3) suggest the designs needed to support or refute components of dynamic theories.