Socialization tactics, proactive behavior, and newcomer learning: Integrating socialization models

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Getting on board: Organizational socialization and the contribution of social capital (2013, background): “Generally, the different models of socialization identify what newcomers need to learn and master, such as job tasks, the organization’s mission and culture, and how to interact with other members (Ashforth et al., 2007; Bauer et al., 1998; Chao et al., 1994).”
Proactive Personality, Employee Creativity, and Newcomer Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study (2009, background): “Newcomers’ proactivity is also associated with the more proximal outcome of knowledge acquisition (Ashforth et al. 2007).”
Employee, manage thyself: The potentially negative implications of expecting employees to behave proactively (2010, background): “Proactive learners are more motivated to learn (Major, Turner, & Fletcher, 2006), are able to more precisely channel learning efforts towards needed areas, and can more comfortably pace themselves (Ashforth et al., 2007).”
Proactive motivation and engagement in career behaviors: Investigating direct, mediated, and moderated effects (2013, result): “As such, our study supports the results of other studies that demonstrated the importance of goals and emotions for human functioning and performance (Ashforth et al., 2007; Deci & Ryan, 2000).”