Abstract:
Well-being and engagement are the two socialisation outcomes that
contribute to the success of both the organisation and newcomers. This study
proposed that newcomer’s engagement in proactive behaviours positively
influence their well-being and engagement, and engagement and well-being
negatively influence their turnover intention. These relationships were tested
using data collected from a group of 154 newcomers who had been recruited
within the last one year in garment industry in Sri Lankan. The proposed model
was assessed through structural equation modelling with SmartPLS. Results
indicated that newcomers’ proactive behaviours had important role to play in
the prediction of their well-being and engagement. Also well-being and
engagement negatively influence newcomers’ intention to leave. The findings
underline the essential role of newcomer’s proactive behaviour on their
well-being, engagement and turnover intention. This study extends the
organisational socialisation literature by investigating the influence of proactive
behaviour on engagement, well-being and intention to leave among newcomers
in garment industry in Sri Lankan context which is an unnoticed population in
the organisational socialisation research.
