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9 How Do We Get New Entrants 'On Board'? Organizational Socialization, Psychological Contracts, and Realistic Job Previews -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 What Are the Features of a Successful Onboarding Programme? -- 9.2.1 The five C's model of onboarding -- 9.3 The Socialization Process -- 9.3.1 What do organizations do to onboard new employees? -- 9.3.2 What do new employees do to 'learn the ropes'? -- 9.3.3 Outcomes of adjustment -- 9.4 Current Issues in Organizational Socialization -- 9.4.1 Virtual onboarding -- 9.4.2 Mitigating stress for newcomers -- 9.4.3 The dark side of socialization -- Discussion Points -- Suggested Further Reading -- References -- 10 How Does Power Affect Those Who Have It and Those Who Don't? Power Inside Organizations -- 10.1 What Is Power and Why Is It Important? -- 10.2 The Bases of Power -- 10.2.1 Influence processes -- 10.2.2 Bases and sources of power -- 10.3 The Consequences of Having Power -- 10.4 What Moderates the Psychological Effects of Power? -- 10.4.1 Legitimacy -- 10.4.2 Culture -- Discussion Points -- Suggested Further Reading -- References -- 11 Does It Matter Who Leads Us?: The Study of Organizational Leadership -- 11.1 Does Leadership Matter? -- 11.2 What Makes a Good Leader? -- 11.3 Trait Theories -- 11.3.1 Great Man theories -- 11.3.2 Other trait theories -- 11.4 Behavioural Theories -- 11.5 Contingency Theories -- 11.5.1 Fiedler's contingency theory -- 11.5.2 The Leadership Grid -- 11.5.3 Path-goal theory -- 11.5.4 Substitutes for leadership theory -- 11.6 Modern Theories of Leadership -- 11.6.1 Leader member exchange (LMX) theory -- 11.6.2 Transformational leadership theory -- 11.6.3 Transactional leadership -- 11.7 Comparison of Leadership Approaches -- 11.8 Negative Leadership -- 11.8.1 Abusive supervision -- 11.8.2 Supervisory injustice -- 11.8.3 Unethical leadership -- 11.9 Conclusion