题　目：A Habit Takes Shape: How Workplace Gossip Contributes to the Development of Habitual Work Reflection During Newcomer Socialization

嘉　宾：Kaili Yu, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

主　持：王薇, 助理教授, 上海交通大学

时　间：2026年10月14日（周三）10:00-11:30

地　点：上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院 包兆龙图书馆 A305室

内容简介:

Successful newcomer socialization requires continuous learning and adaptation. Yet research has devoted more attention to what newcomers learn than to how they keep learning from everyday work experiences. Drawing on a habit perspective, I examine the development of habitual work reflection—a tendency to automatically reflect on work experiences—and its implications for newcomer adjustment. I propose that gossip newcomers receive about themselves serves as informal feedback that may foster the development of reflection habits, which, in turn, support socialization. In Study 1, a four-wave longitudinal survey of 226 newcomers showed that positive gossip that newcomers received about themselves was associated with subsequent increases in their habitual work reflection, whereas negative gossip was not. Study 2 (N=217) corroborated these findings and further showed that stronger reflection habits predicted subsequent improvements in role clarity, task mastery, and social acceptance. My research introduces a habit perspective to newcomer socialization and extends habit research by highlighting positive gossip as a potential social impetus for the development of reflection habits. For organizations, the findings suggest that effective onboarding involves not only helping newcomers learn the ropes but also cultivating habits that keep them learning.

演讲人简介：

Kaili Yu is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at CUHK Business School, where she received her PhD in Management in 2026. Her research seeks to understand how organizations can promote employees’ long-term, sustainable growth and development. Her first research stream focuses on how work experiences shape—and are shaped by—employee personality development. Her second research stream investigates how employees sustain positive changes over time, with a particular emphasis on habit formation during newcomer socialization. In her research, she draws on large-scale archival datasets and longitudinal research designs, employing methods such as continuous-time modeling, random-intercept cross-lagged panel models, latent change score models, and meta-analysis. Her research has appeared in leading journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Journal of Management.

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