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

Abstract

This empirical study investigates the direct impact of organizational socialization factors on organizational identification. 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 the study’s expectation, the relationship between coworker support and organizational identification was insignificant. Finally, the relationship between future prospects and organizational identification was significant (β = 0.604, p ≤ 0.001).Theoretical and practical implications are addressed, followed by the study’s limitations and future recommendations