The Road to Belonging: The Influence of Organizational Socialization Factors on Saudi Women's Organizational Identification

الملخص

This empirical study investigates the direct impact of organizational socialization factors on organizational identification. A total of 236 Saudi women employees from the financial sector participated in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis and Structural Equation Modeling were performed, utilizing Mplus version 8, to examine the study’s model and hypotheses. The findings indicate that the direct relationship between training and organizational identification was significant but not supported due to the negative relationship between these two variables (β = -0.212, p ≤ 0.05), while the relationship between understanding and organizational identification was significant and supported (β = 0.268, p ≤ 0.05). Contrary to expectation, the relationship between co-worker support and organizational identification was insignificant. Finally, the relationship between future prospects and organizational identification was significant (β = 0.604, p ≤ 0.001). This study integrates two theories and adds to the existing body of knowledge by focusing on Saudi women employees. It also recommends that organizations conduct appropriate training programs and focus on clarifying employee roles for organizational identification.