Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Engagement numérique des employés'
Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles
Consult the top 18 dissertations / theses for your research on the topic 'Engagement numérique des employés.'
Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.
You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.
Browse dissertations / theses on a wide variety of disciplines and organise your bibliography correctly.
Kumar, Anaya. "IT identity and employee advocacy platforms use : a mixed-method approach." Electronic Thesis or Diss., université Paris-Saclay, 2024. https://www.biblio.univ-evry.fr/theses/2024/interne/2024UPASI013.pdf.
Full textIn recent years, we see a shift from traditional physical workplaces to hybrid and remote environments, leading to the adoption of digital workplaces (Malhotra, 2021). Despite their instrumental value such as increased employee productivity, digital workplaces present challenges including employee disconnection and disengagement (Qin & Men, 2022). To address this, organizations attempt to strengthen organizational identification and engagement using people-centric digital workplace platforms. Given the critical role of identity in fostering engagement and performance, in this thesis we examine the phenomenon of IT identity, which refers to positive self-identification with information technology (ITID) (Carter, 2020).Our study examines how employees' use of a digital workplace platform called Employee Advocacy (EA) platform- which enables employees to defend, support, or recommend their organization to their networks- is influenced by the their ITID perceptions. EA fosters re-identification with the organization and is increasingly recognized for its ability to leverage employees' credibility to enhance brand reputation, extend reach, and drive business growth (Silbermann, 2021). While the literature on EA covers its definition and purpose, few studies—especially within Information Systems (IS)—have examined how ITID might impact platform use that facilitate EA programs. This thesis addresses that gap by theorizing the antecedents and outcomes of ITID for the EA platform use context. We do this via two essays.The first essay examines the existence of ITID within EA platforms and leverages ITID theory and IS continuous use and acceptance literature to theorize the two user experience antecedents (functional and emotional) of ITID. The second essay also leverages ITID theory and needs-affordances features perspective to theorize how ITID influences key outcomes of EA platforms- conceptualizing digital employee engagement (DEE), which includes digital employee advocacy (DEA) and digital employee connectedness (DEC). Both essays use a sequential mixed-method approach, starting with a quantitative study followed by a qualitative study. The first study within both essays uses employee reviews of EA platforms as its data (N=1360) to test the theoretical models, while the second study within both essays uses semi-structured interview data obtained from experts of EA platform (N=12) to provide validation and identify boundary conditions to our theorized models.The findings confirm our theorized model in essay one, however, it is moderated by factors such as role identity, social media self-efficacy, and structured platform launch. The results of the second essay also confirm our model. However, we propose that these relationships are moderated by boundary conditions such as change management reinforcement, proactive leaders, organization image. In particular, the essays advance our understanding of IT identity when using digital workplace technologies and its relevance in achieving both humanistic outcomes of digital employee connectedness and instrumental goals of digital employee advocacy. The findings also offer several practical insights for organizations seeking to implement and optimize EA platforms to enhance digital employee engagement through the introduction of the digital workplace
Jouny, Julien. "Le parrainage sportif en PME PMI : de l'émergence d'un processus d'identification à l'évolution de la satisfaction au travail et l'implication organisationnelle des employés." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LORR0312.
Full textOver the last 40 years, research on sponsorship has been growing, and so have investments in this communication instrument. Today, worldwide sponsorship investments exceed 55 billion US Dollars (Kantar, 2014), while investments in France total more than two billion Euros (FPI, 2014). Roughly two thirds of these investments concern the area of sport making sport sponsorship one of the most dynamic fields of marketing communication. In the past, research has focused mainly on the impact of sponsorship on the external targets of the sponsor, typically analyzing large multinational companies supporting large scale events with high marketing potential (Olympic games, Soccer World championships, auto racing, etc.). Very few studies have targeted the use sponsorship by SMEs. Moreover, there is a lack of research on the internal consequences of this practice. Our study focuses on the effects of sport sponsorship on the internal public of SMEs by addressing the following question: How do employees of SMEs perceive the little-mediated sponsorship activities of their employers and how are they impacted by them?This work is structured in three parts. First, a literature review about sport sponsorship highlights the theoretical and managerial interests of the research and proposes a definition of sport sponsorship. A qualitative study conducted on 18 directors of SME confirms the managerial interest of this research and sheds light on the potential impact of sport sponsorship on the internal public of this kind of company. Second, based on a qualitative study on 16 employees of SMEs, a data-structure is developed which allows to grasp the organizational identification processes that result from sponsorship activities, and the effects of these activities in terms of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. In a third part, the existence of these effects is further analyzed through a quantitative survey upon 421 employees of 41 different SMEs sponsors. Overall, results show the lack of awareness and the quite confidential use of sport sponsorship within these organizations. From a managerial perspective, our research highlights the optimal conditions required to make effective use of sport sponsorship with minor marketing and sales potential by SMEs
Fueyo, Céline. "E-réputation corporate : influence de la voix digitale des employés via l'e-contenu de leur « Profil » sur les réseaux sociaux professionnels ; application au secteur automobile." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOU10030/document.
Full textCorporate e-reputation is one of the main key’s to a company’s success and durability; it is not easy to control and its management is complex. The influence of corporate traditional messages (direct signals produced by companies) has reduced in favor of earned medias that never stop spreading. Both professionals and academics wonder about alternative solutions.The digital voice of employees, mainly on professional social networks, seems to be an interesting resource companies still underestimate. This research aims to answer the following general question: can a company build its corporate e-reputation, in order to influence perception, using the voice of its employees through the e-content of their “Profile” on professional social networks? Two quantitative studies (I have conducted) analyze the effective use of LinkedIn Business Pages’ (LBP) and LinkedIn Personal Pages’ (LPP) content as well as the perception of LBP’s and LPP’s quality and renown. A third study tests the influence of LBP’s information and visibility index as well as LPP’s quotation and participation index on LBP’s and LPP’s perceived corporate e-reputation. The moderator role of LBP’s and LPP’s perceived credibility is also discussed. Results – following from the analysis of 10 LBP, 1 000 LPP and 1 500 subjects – confirm the essential role of employees’ digital voice with regard to corporate e-reputation building
Hutain, Jérôme. "Enseignement actif et apport du numérique pour accroître l’engagement dans l’apprentissage des étudiants." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Rennes 2, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024REN20026.
Full textThe aim of this thesis was to examine to what extent, and under what conditions, interactive teaching can increase student engagement in learning and academic success. Active teaching is a form of teaching in which students are encouraged to participate in different ways during lectures, involving a digital environment accessible from their own technological device (smartphone, laptop or tablet). Engagement in learning was measured before and after active teaching using a scale with three components: cognitive (attention during the lecture), affective (interest in the lecture) and behavioral (participation in the lecture). Three experiments were carried out in face-to-face and distance learning contexts at university. In the first study, entitled "Improving student engagement in face-to-face courses using the functionalities of a digital learning environment" (Hutain et Michinov, 2022a), we examined the engagement associated with the use of interactive activities in order to enable teachers to maximize their use and improve student engagement in face-to-face courses. The second study, entitled "Displaying the teacher's slideshow on students' devices prevents multitasking and promotes engagement during lectures" (Michinov et Hutain, 2023), was based on the observation that students often resort to multitasking activities on various technological devices during lectures. The findings of these two studies showed that viewing the teacher's slides on their own device, in addition to quizzes and being able to ask questions, increased students' affective engagement from the beginning to the end of lectures. Finally, in a third study, entitled "Collective feedback based on quizzes in online learning: A 'double-edged' effect on attitudes, emotions and academic behavior related to the course" (Hutain et Michinov, 2022b), we investigated collective feedback. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of posting individual or group feedback during an online course. The results show that students perceived a greater threat of social comparison and showed lower behavioral engagement and academic performance in the collective than in the individual feedback condition. The opposite effect was found for interest in the course, which was higher when group feedback based on quizzes was displayed. Taken together, these results suggest that certain forms of activity, combined with certain features of a digital environment, can influence student engagement, performance and behavior either positively or negatively
Akoury, Paula. "Les pratiques culturelles des Libanais à l'ère numérique : une question d'identité." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017EHES0154.
Full textStarting from the question : what cultural matters do Lebanese people use in their free time ? This PhD thesis relies on the idea of the existence of a relationship between the structure of society and cultural practices, developed by Pierre Bourdieu in the theory of cultural legitimacy. The hybrid structure of society, a concept borrowed from Melhem Chaoul, constitutes the specificity of the Lebanese context : the existence of a francophone, multicultural and provided with a large diaspora country, as well as the contemporary diffusion of digital practices, raise questions related to the definition of cultural identity. Promoting the concept of « degree of cultural adhesion » seems necessary in order to find an answer. Based on a survey of 1,200 respondents in Lebanon, 120 respondents in France and 36 in depth interviews, the study shows that young people, as opposed to the older ones, tend most towards Western culture and digital practices. The most educated people consume both Lebanese and Western cultural goods simultaneously. As a matter of fact, the consumption of Western cultural goods is facilitated by trilingualism, which is mastered by almost half of the Lebanese. Additionally it has been shown that the regional inequality of the cultural offer is not homologous to a regional inequality of cultural practices. Religious commitment as well as the position in the life cycle impact cultural practices
Rachdi, Amina. "L’impact de l’environnement relationnel interculturel sur la qualite de service perçue et la qualite de vie au travail." Thesis, Lille, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LIL1A003.
Full textThe expansion of international business around the world, as well as internationalization, is a phase that is neither easy nor simple. This phase requires the use of foreign labour to carry out this mission, which makes it possible to create the phenomenon of expatriation. The expatriate employee who decides to leave his country of origin to work elsewhere plans to succeed in his expatriation mission, but the cultural difference that may exist between the culture of his native country and that of the host country represents a relative obstacle that may prevent his integration on the one hand and suspend the multinational company's internationalization project on the other hand. Our research will propose a new vision different from the traditional one that accuses culture of being the only decisive variable in determining the success or failure of the expatriation experience. We will take the liberty of analysing in a broader and more precise way the various other factors, apart from culture, that come into play in this experience. The purpose of our thesis is to closely analyze the real experiences of expatriate employees working in Qatar on their own initiative in order to draw conclusions, remarks, analyses, interpretations and recommendations that will allow us to add new contributions to international marketing studies in the future, given the shortage of studies that address the situation of expatriate employees working in the Gulf country. Indeed, variables such as the intercultural relational environment, which consists of several other sub-variables, as well as organizational engagement, can shed light both theoretically and empirically on interactions with the culture variable in order to determine the perceived quality of service that the company is trying to provide and improve, as well as the quality of work life that the expatriate employee dreams of finding to better integrate into his new intercultural environment and to ensure better performance afterwards
Journot, Julie. "L'émancipation des patient·es par l'éducation thérapeutique : approche info-communicationnelle des usages d'une plateforme numérique de médiation des savoirs médicaux." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024UBFCH003.
Full textThis CIFRE thesis, carried out within a healthcare start-up, proposes an infocommunicational approach to the phenomena of emancipation of people categorised as obese through digital therapeutic education systems. More specifically, our study aims to analyse the uses of a digital platform for mediating medical knowledge, focusing on its educational aspect and the community possibilities it offers. We are looking specifically at the reception and commitment of patients connected to this tool. We seek to understand whether contact with a digital device for mediating medical knowledge, combining pedagogy, game dynamics and online socialisation, enables users to achieve the emancipation sought by the tool's creators. The first part of the thesis sheds light on the emancipation levers present in the platform studied. In the second part, we expand on these initial observations by focusing our analysis on the hindrance that the institutional dynamics of the platform under study seem to cause to the development of playful engagement and socialisation within the community. Finally, we conclude by opening up perspectives for further research into the place of digital TPE platforms in the healthcare system, questions that have emerged from our particular fieldwork
Parent, Séverine. "L'engagement d'enseignants, la variation de l'engagement d'étudiants sur une base trimestrielle et la présence de conditions d'innovation en situation d'enseigner et d'apprendre avec le numérique au collégial." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/28027.
Full textThis thesis deals with the innovative aspect of the teaching and learning situation that integrates digital technologies, the conditions of innovation, and the manifestations of teacher and student engagement. Educational research links students' engagement to perseverance and academic achievement (Christenson, Reschly, & Wylie, 2012; Mosher & McGowan, 1985), an undeniable concern for the educational college community in Quebec. However, it is not uncommon to read a research about engagement without a clear definition of this concept. Applying a design-based research approach, our work focuses on two situations of innovation where teachers and students were using digital technologies. Student engagement was studied according to its behavioral, affective and cognitive dimensions (Fredricks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004), the variation of their level of engagement being more specifically analyzed, and the engagement of teachers according to three dimensions (absorption, vigor and dedication) proposed by Schaufeli, Salanova, González-Romá and Bakker (2002) to which we added a socio-affective dimension (more widely understood). The data come from a college in the Quebec region where seven teachers and 358 of their students participated in the study. Teacher engagement and innovation conditions were analyzed on the basis of interviews with teachers and ethnographic notes collected. In an innovative situation of digital tool integration, our research confirms that the presence of innovation conditions matters. Those that were analyzed are: a shared vision, resources, staff competence and the adequacy between pedagogical principles and the sociotechnical environment. Concerning the condition of adequacy, the adoption of new technological/digital tools in education and the adoption of new pedagogies went hand in hand. In terms of engagement, our results show relatively large variations in levels of student engagement during the session. The levels of student engagement (affective dimension) were highest, especially at the beginning of the session. Regarding teacher engagement, our results make it possible to account for them, however, further research is needed to consolidate its definition, characteristics and dimensions. Keywords: learner engagement, student engagement, teacher engagement, digital technologies, educational innovation, information and communication technologies, technology-enhanced learning
Vincent-Ponroy, Julia. "Family Firms’ organizational identity and non-family employees, a case study." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLH016.
Full textThis dissertation explores family firms’ organizational identity from a non-family member’s perspective. The family identity of these firms constitutes both an intangible asset, that is difficult to imitate – and a crucial stake as during their growth process, family firms incorporate external members who tend to progressively represent the majority of the payroll. This stake is even more salient as owning families aim at durably influencing their firms’ identity since the family’s and the firm’s history and reputation are interrelated. However, the role of non-family members’ in the family firm’s identity has not been directly investigated by researchers so far. My dissertation aims at filling in this gap, by investigating the way non-family members contribute to enacting the family identity of the firm. The case study I conducted in a French family firm leads me to formulate three main sets of results. First, the exploration of non-family members’ perceptions of the firm reveals that they associate what they consider to be the core attributes of the firm with the owning family. Secondly, I investigate the mechanisms leading to such perceptions and identify that the family’s image and values are “brought” into the organization through four mechanisms – embodiment, reminding, spreading and adaptation – that together constitute the overall process of “familization” of the firm. Lastly, I suggest a typology of non-family members depending on their motives for contributing to “familization” mechanisms. Two categories (the adopted and the converted) play a crucial role in these mechanisms. Moreover, I show that the top management is composed of adopted and converted, who use this specific family of owners as a managerial tool having a role-modeling function. They do it because they perceive this family as embodying an axiology that is symbolized by the Family – as a generic entity –, an axiology that they consider to be valuable in an organizational context. The theoretical and practical contributions of these results are discussed
Abou, Jaoudé Chady. "Regard info-communicationnel sur la prise de décision. Application au choix d'une université au Liban." Phd thesis, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambresis, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00966542.
Full textMorrongiello, Caroline. "De l'empowerment à l'engagement du client sur les plateformes en ligne : ou comment favoriser l'activité des clients sur Internet." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2014. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01071185.
Full textOuattara, Kiyali. "Les contrats psychologiques des comptables libéraux aujourd'hui." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018CNAM1216/document.
Full textThis thesis explores the forms of commitment and provides an answer to the question: What is becoming of the normative contract of chartered accountants in a context of change of their profession? We crossed two theoretical fields: that of the organizational behavior with the theory of the psychological contract and the sociology of the professions with the integrated model of De Rozario (2006). We conducted 20 qualitative interviews with chartered accountants and mobilized an analysis grid based on the psychological contract theory that takes into account human and non-human contract makers. The results allow us to say that despite the current contractual violations and transitions, the profession of liberal accountants continues to lead to a commitment through its normative contract. The latter comprises three individual psychological contracts which are transactional, transitional and relational contracts. Current changes are leading to increasingly complex transactional psychological contracts with networks of experts and a relational psychological contract with management tools, especially digital devices, to respond to the crisis they face. Finally, the relational contract with the profession reduces today to its diploma component, moving towards relational contracts of expert networks of proximity
Zarac, Anica. "L'intégrité des supérieurs immédiats perçue par les employés : élaboration d'une définition et d'une mesure comportementales." Thèse, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/17906.
Full textLavoie, Etienne. "La création de sens dans un contexte d’ambiguïté extrême : Bombardier et les performances du programme organisationnel visant à améliorer l’engagement de ses employés." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/18331.
Full textThis thesis focuses on a particular organizational socialization tactic, namely organizational programs aiming to improve employee engagement (OPIE). I became interested in how the concept of employee engagement relates to employee participation and involvement in OPIE, specifically in an extremely ambiguous organizational setting characterized by repetitive reorganizations and massive layoffs. To study this phenomenon, I conducted a naturalistic case study. As an organizational insider, I led a number of observations and interviews at Bombardier, the world’s leading manufacturer of both planes and trains. I looked at how Bombardier employees of various hierarchical levels make sense of OPIE, based upon Karl E. Weick’s sensemaking theories. The present research project, a unique and non-generalizable case, enabled me to study employee engagement, Bombardier’s OPIE as well as sensemaking of this program, at a moment where employee engagement is tested by the prevailing organizational uncertainty. This research led me to conclude that, in this case, 1) a company can take advantage of organizational socialization tactics; 2) OPIE don’t always improve productivity or engagement; 3) the relationship between a manager and an OPIE can play a capital role in employees’ perception of said program; 4) OPIE can be considered as symbolic organizational rituals; 5) team meetings can be considered as symbolic performances; 6) extreme ambiguity can influence how employees make sense of an OPIE; and 7) symbolic rituals can stabilize organizations in periods of extreme ambiguity.
Lévy-Bencheton, Sandra. "L'influence du support du superviseur, du support et de la confiance organisationnels sur l'intention de quitter des employés." Thèse, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/1584.
Full textPaiement, Anne-Marie. "Opérationnaliser et mesurer le soutien managérial aux besoins psychologiques des employés : une recherche à méthodologie mixte." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24667.
Full textMany studies conducted within the framework of self-determination theory have shown the relevance of supporting the psychological needs of autonomy, competence and affiliation of employees at work. Because research is limited to knowledge from non-work environments, there remains uncertainty regarding the behaviours a manager should adopt to provide employees with the opportunity to meet their psychological needs at work. As a result, the operationalization and instrumentation of managerial need support rely primarily on those of need support validated with populations other than employees and managers, such as athletes and coaches, students and teachers, as well as children and parents. This dissertation aims to better understand how managers can concretely, through their behaviours, promote the satisfaction of employees’ psychological needs of autonomy, competence and affiliation at work. In addition, it aims to develop a psychometric instrument aligned with this operationalization of managerial need support that is ecologically valid for the organizational context. The first article of the thesis describes a qualitative study. This study aims to identify behaviours actually emitted by managers in the workplace that promote the satisfaction of the three psychological needs of employees. To meet this objective, three focus groups were conducted with employees and managers. A qualitative content analysis identified 141 management behaviours grouped into 12 management practices. In addition to providing a deeper understanding of management practices previously articulated by self-determination theory expressed in the workplace, this study highlights previously ignored practices and behaviours that can be adopted by managers to foster employees’ needs of autonomy, competence and affiliation at work. The second article of the thesis describes the development and validation of a measure of managerial need support through a series of two quantitative studies. Study 1 (N = 312 French-Canadian workers) establishes, by taking an exploratory approach, the structure of the instrument. Then, it verifies the criterion validity and the divergent validity of the instrument by investigating its relationship with three concepts rooted in self-determination theory: the satisfaction of employees’ psychological needs, employees’ work motivation as well as their perception of psychological control from their manager. Study 2, conducted with a second sample (N = 334 French-Canadian workers), takes a confirmatory approach in validating the structure of the instrument. In addition, it establishes the convergent validity of the measurement tool by verifying its links with transformational leadership and empowering leadership. It also verifies the criterion validity of the instrument by investigating its links with three indicators of employees’ functioning at work: engagement, psychological health and work performance. The results suggest that managerial need support is operationalized through five management practices, that is, 1) recognizing the strengths and contributions of employees, 2) offering flexibility to employees about how and when to complete one’s work, 3) demonstrating a concern for the interests and well-being of employees, 4) guiding employees to effectively perform their work, and 5) developing employees’ skills through discussions and concrete learning opportunities. This thesis contributes to the advancement of knowledge by providing a common base that will unify research conducted on managerial need support.
Paquet, Maxime. "Apports de la vidéo et du portfolio numérique pour l’apprentissage de la production orale d’élèves du secondaire en classe de français langue d’enseignement." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/23894.
Full textTeaching oral communication implies that teachers are aware of different parameters so that students can acquire solid and durable learning skills. In this regard, we can identify amongst other things, the taking into account of the distinctions between oral and written production and the stress induced by having to deliver speeches or by the volatile aspect of this form of communication. Although different methods and tools have been suggested and validated in order to allow students to adequately develop this competency, there remain associated challenges such as the metacognitive aspect of learning. Certainly, the didactic models offer in their structure a place for reflexive activities but how can we adequately accompany students so that these activities allow them to grasp their full potential? Therefore, this study proposes to explore the use of a tool that fosters precise implementation of reflexive activities, the digital learning portfolio, and to describe the contributions regarding the development of the oral production competency of Grade 9 students in the French Language of Instruction class. To attain this general research objective, we relied on a theoretical framework primarily presenting general elements regarding oral teaching and learning and secondly, the use of learning portfolios in high school. Three complementary elements complete this theoretical framework: self-evaluation, emotional commitment and self-regulated learning. To meet the specific research objectives arising from these concepts, a qualifying and interpretative method, exploratory in nature, has been developed that includes 77 Grade 9 students. Since this is a thesis of articles, every specific research objective is a subject of an article. In the first article, we have described the contribution of the digital learning portfolio on self-evaluation of high school students in the competency of oral production. Our results show that reflexive tools associated to the portfolio, especially thanks to video, allow for a better identification of strengths and weaknesses in oral production. In the second article, we have described the contribution of this tool on the emotional commitment of students. In light of obtained results, the learning portfolio offers an added value in terms of stress reduction associated with the development of oral production work. In the last article, we have expanded our description of contributions of tools in the use of strategies to self-regulate in the context of learning through oral production. The analyzed data illustrates that certain self-regulating processes, such as planning strategies and self-recording, benefit from the steps associated in the development of a digital learning portfolio. In conclusion, a synthesis and analysis of all the results regarding the literature and recommendations are proposed in order to offer courses of action and training for the professionals in a school environment, particularly French high school teachers.
Lapointe, Émilie. "Examen des contributions d’une approche relationnelle de la socialisation organisationnelle." Thèse, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/10352.
Full textBoth among researchers and practitioners, organizational socialization seems to be a topic of interest nowadays (Fang, Duffy, & Shaw, 2011). Along this line, the present thesis seeks to deepen our understanding of organizational socialization in order to provide a more complete and documented picture of it, but also to develop useful practices for organizations and their employees. Specifically, the relational aspects inherent to the experience of newcomers, largely ignored so far in the literature (Ashforth, Sluss, & Harrison, 2007), are examined using data collected at three points in time among a sample of 224 newcomers. Using social exchange theory (Blau, 1964) as a background and the concept of affective trust (McAllister, 1995), the first of the two articles that comprise the thesis shows that, compared with conventional approaches (i.e., expressing a cognitive view of organizational socialization), a relational approach to organizational socialization can better reflect the psychological bond that is established between newcomers and organizations, while conventional approaches are more explanatory of employee performance. The two approaches thus seem complementary to explain newcomer adjustment. The second article draws from the evidence reported in the first article and seeks to further deepen the relational aspects inherent to the experience of newcomers, as well as their influence on adjustment. To this end, conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989) is considered and affective commitment (Meyer & Herscovitch, 2001) is put forward as the focal concept. Results suggest that affective commitment to the supervisor compensates for a decline in affective commitment to the organization as resulting from a breach to individuals’ relationship with the organization. Relationships thus seem, under certain circumstances, to have an impact that goes beyond their direct protagonists. This thesis therefore demonstrates that the relational aspects inherent to the experience of newcomers have a distinct, prevailing and complex influence on their adjustment. In doing so, it is part of a research stream that tries to put forward and better understand the relational dynamics within organizations (Ragins & Dutton, 2007). Theoretical and practical implications will be discussed.