Perspective of Organizational Cultural in Effective Teacher Socialization: A Study of Beginning English Teachers in Pakistan
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Abstract English language teaching in Pakistan is one of the major areas in the current educational reforms with the special focus on professional socialization of English teachers. This study aims at discovering and quantifying the relationship between organizational culture and effective socialization of beginning English teachers. Organizational culture has been identified with the considerations of equal & fair treatment with the beginning teachers, well-defined policies, self-recognition, academic facilities, teachers’ interaction and individual and organizational expectations. The required data was collected through survey method techniques, selecting a sample from the colleges located in Punjab province and Islamabad and getting questionnaires filled. The data, collected from 295 respondents, was analyzed and testified with statistical description. The results rejected the null hypothesis of no relationship between effective socialization and organizational culture. The results identified many socialization challenges to beginning teachers related to organizational culture including within weak relationship among teachers, concerns for equal treatment, unsupported administrative milieu, shaky self-perception, insufficient academic resources and ineffective role of staffroom. Finally it is suggested that organizational culture of Pakistani colleges may be made more conducive by training beginning teachers in conformity with the organizational objectives and professional requirements, bringing down the rate of conflicts and errors and above all enhancing the positive role of the principals who should create a productive environment with the help of a young team of enthusiastic beginning teachers.
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