THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERCEIVED CONTENTS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN “LEARNING-THE-ROPE” PROCESS AMONG GENDERS OF EMPLOYEES IN ORGANIZATION พรพรหม ชมงาม* Pornprom Chomngam
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Organizational Communication, Learning-the-Rope ProcessAbstract
This research examined the difference between perceived content and sources of information in “learning-the-rope” process among genders of employees in the business sector. Participants in the study were permanent employees at business organization. Questionnaires were administered to all the permanent employees to obtain the data for this study. Hotelling T2 was used to analyze the data. Support was found for this hypothesis. Male reported significantly higher levels of information seeking behavior than female with respect to job, normative, and social information. No significant differences are observed with respect to organizational and political information. Male reported preferring to consult superiors and co-workers more than female, while no significant differences are observed with respect to outsiders and media
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