M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Exercise 56

The pre-employment stage of organizational socialization would be more effective if ____.
A) employers avoided forming a psychological contract
B) employers and job applicants gave and received accurate information about each other
C) employers and applicants experienced reality shock when meeting each other for the first time
D) job applicants distorted their resume in order to be offered employment
E) the applicants kept a clean slate and avoided searching for information on the company and forming expectations