Question

Jill has joined the police academy. During the training process, Jill and the other cadets are made to wear uniforms and maintain an immaculate appearance. The trainers address her as "officer" instead of using her first name. All the cadets are told they are no longer ordinary citizens but representatives of the police force. This form of organizational socialization is referred to as ____________
A) role play
B) investiture
C) informal
D) divestiture
E) random

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is D

Explanation:

Divestiture socialization is the procedure which the organization use in order to remove or reject the importance of the personal characteristics, a new hire has which means that the it is to assimilate the person with the worplace values.

In this scenario, Jill who joined police academy, and during its process of training, they were informed that they are no longer ordinary citizens, now as a police force representatives. Therefore, it is called as divestiture.