Proposed Onboarding Intervention Program To Support Work Adjustment of New Employees In E-Commerce Enterprises In Xiamen, China

Ling Huang; Irene H. Maralit

doi:10.63313/EBM.9223

Authors

Ling Huang Batangas State University, Batangas City, Philippines Author
Irene H. Maralit Batangas State University, Batangas City, Philippines Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63313/EBM.9223

Keywords:

Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, Resilience, Person-Organization Fit, Employee Work Adjustment

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the mediating roles of self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and resilience in the relationship between person-organization fit and employee work adjustment among new employees in e-commerce enterprises in Xiamen, China. The study employed a quantitative-descriptive research design. Data were collected from 384 new employees of selected e-commerce enterprises in Xiamen, China, who had been working in their respective organizations for 3–12 months. The data were analyzed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The findings revealed that new employees demonstrated high employee work adjustment, moderately high person-organization fit, low self-efficacy, slightly low job satisfaction, and slightly high resilience. Moreover, results showed that person-organization fit significantly affects employee work adjustment. Self-efficacy and resilience significantly mediated the relationship between person-organization fit and employee work adjustment, whereas job satisfaction did not. Self-efficacy also significantly mediated the relationship between person-organization fit and resilience but did not mediate the relationship between person-organization fit and job satisfaction. Furthermore, resilience significantly mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and employee work adaptation, whereas job satisfaction did not. Based on these findings, an onboarding intervention program was proposed to support the employee work adjustment of new employees in e-commerce companies in Xiamen, China.

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