Abstract
How employees are on-boarded and welcomed into their new positions sets the tone for the culture of a place, the people, and the values of a new institution and can have a significant impact on employees sense of belonging. At Ohio University, the Division of Student Affairs employs approximately 400 staff and annually welcomes around 40-50 new employees a year, 25 of which are College Student Personnel (CSP) graduate students. New employees are welcomed with an ethic of care through a five day onboarding process rooted in Bolman and Deal’s human resource frame. This process includes departmental specific welcomes and trainings, along with division-wide team building, sexual misconduct training, social justice training, and suicide prevention training. This session outlined the correlation with Bolman and Deal’s human resource frame and NASPA/ ACPA competencies as well as lessons learned from implementing such a process, specifically include how these trainings intersect with the learning and development of new professionals.
Recommended Citation
Hall-Jones, Jenny; Simmons, Todd; Stermer, Elizabeth; van Hemert, Jivanto P.; and Vogel, Megan
(2018)
"Onboarding Employees Through Shared Values,"
Journal of Research, Assessment, and Practice in Higher Education: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/jraphe/vol3/iss1/9
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