Concept

Organizational Dimensions to Socialize Newcomers in Online Communities

  • Collective: newcomers go through common experiences designed to produce standardized responses to situations

  • Formal: newcomers are segregated from other members and put through experiences tailored to newcomers

  • Sequential: newcomers are given a clear sequence of experiences or stages they will go through

  • Fixed: newcomers are given a fixed timetable regarding when they will move through stages

  • Serial: newcomers observe and get training from experienced role models, who give newcomers a clear view of the experiences they will encounter

  • Investiture: newcomers receive positive feedback confirming their prior identity

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Updated 2020-09-26

Tags

CSCW (Computer-supported cooperative work)

Computing Sciences