Organizational Communication Discussion Question

Reflect on Vocational and Organizational Anticipatory Socialization Processes

In this unit, you learned about different elements of anticipatory socialization in organizations. The purpose of this activity is to reflect on your own experiences with vocational choice and organizational choice in the anticipatory socialization phase. Depending on your own experiences, you might be inclined to emphasize vocational rather than organizational choice. To what degree have you created expectations for, or have anticipated, the organizational milieu that is your trajectory? (vocational choice). Alternatively, you can write here about a situation in which you began investigating and making choices about specific organizations to pursue (organizational choice). How were you able to gather information during these anticipatory phases? What kind of information-seeking behaviour did you engage in? What sorts of communication informed your expectations and decisions? Can you supplement your discussion with a peer-reviewed source?