Professional socialization: an analytical definition

Abstract

Professional socialization is defined as a process through which a person becomes a legitimate member of a professional society. This will have a great impact on an individual’s professional conduct and morality. The aim of this study was to clarify this concept and reduce the ambiguities around it. This was a qualitative research through which the concept of professional socialization was analyzed using Walker and Avant’s eight-step approach. The review of literature for this concept was done using electronic database without any time limitation. The overall search produced about 780 articles, and after reviewing these articles, 21 were selected purposefully. Based on concept analysis, we propose the following analytical definition: Professional socialization is a nonlinear, continuous, interactive, transformative, personal, psychosocial and selfreinforcing process that is formed through internalization of the specific culture of a professional community, and can be affected by individual, organizational and interactional factors. This definition is in accordance with the interactionism perspective. Existence of a particular profession and getting involved in a community of practice are the antecedents of this process, and formation of professional identity and professional development are its consequences. A case model, as well as borderline and related cases, has been introduced for this concept. The results of this study can be used to design useful educational interventions to conduct and facilitate the process.

Relationship between nursing students' perceptions of clinical instructor caring and their professional behaviors

“…18,24 By observing role models, students imitate the role, apply it, and consciously gain effective knowledge, attitude, and competence by guiding and reflecting their experience. 25 However, according to the knowledge of the authors, the relationship between nursing students' perceptions of instructors and their professional behaviors was not been studied…”

Mentalisierungsfähigkeit und Empathie in der Psychiatrie – eine Sozialisationsfrage?

“…B. mit Vorbildern und Mentoren, Fachkollegen und interdisziplinären Kontakten) (vgl. [ 14 ]). Narrative über Stereotype, Imitation von Rollenvorbildern, aber auch Gewöhnung (Routinen, soziale Normen) tragen zur Sozialisation bei [ 16 ].…”

“…Sozialisation ist ein Prozess, welcher über die Aneignung von Wissen hinausgeht. Im Laufe dieser Sozialisation kommt es zur Formung einer beruflichen Identität; eigene Haltungen und Werte sowie Interaktionsroutinenund Verhaltensweisenwerdenmit jenenabgestimmt, welche in der Gemeinschaft vermittelt werden [14,15]. Als Einflüsse auf die Sozialisation wurden neben Voraussetzungen und bestehenden Organisationsstrukturen (z.…”

The perceptions of university students' professional socialization process

“…Professional socialization is a complex process of internalizing professional norms and acquiring professional knowledge, skills, and identity (Corrêa Junıor, Souza Neto & Vedovatto Iza, 2017;Ke, Kuo & Chich-Hsiu, 2017;Sadeghi Avval Shahr, Yazdani, & Afshar, 2019). In the literature, professional socialization is defined both as a process and an outcome.…”

“…To date, the majority of the studies has focused on the field of health and nursing (Limoges and Jagos, 2015;Strouse et al, 2016;Dinmohammadi et al, 2017), yet other fields of professional education have not been extensively studied and there are only a few studies in the literature (Mazerolle et al, 2015;Thrasher et al 2015;Balci et al, 2019). Most studies in the literature have focused on the conceptual analysis of professional socialization, sociological analysis of professional socialization, and its impact, the process of professional socialization and related experiences, the development of professional socialization, and issues of professional identity (Perez, 2016;Tahmasbi et al, 2017;Sadeghi Avval Shahr et al, 2019). However, previous studies have not dealt with evaluating students' perceptions of professional socialization.…”