What is socialization?

Process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to ...

	Friday, February 27, 2015 socialization   Term of the Day socialization Process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to the norms and roles required for integration into a group or community. It is a combination of both self-imposed (because the individual wants to conform) and externally-imposed rules, and the expectations of the others. In an organizational setting, socialization refers to the Process through ... Learn more about this term Usage Example Theres nothing more critical to the socialization process than play, Champlin said.   Friday Quiz Challenge Test your knowledge of this week's terms Question: Increase in number or size, at a constantly growing rate. It is one possible result of a reinforcing feedback loop that makes a population or system grow (escalate) by increasingly higher amounts. Choose the Right Answer: (A) boom (B) exponential growth (C) franchise (D) human resources   Featured Article Hiring and Maintaining Virtual Assistants For most small businesses, office space constraints are a severe production bottleneck. For companies requiring a full-time tech support staff, or small ... Read this article   Voice Your Opinion How can we fix the tax system?   Take us with you! Download the BusinessDictionary app today.
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