I agree with the text book when it says that “socialization refers to the ways a member of an organization learns the norms, values that would be helpful in performing their job.” In India when the students join colleges and are fresher, the seniors organize a party and the main purpose is to make the new comers familiar with the department, seniors, staff etc. The fresher party helps all the new students feel comfortable with professors and senior students. It is a good opportunity for them to learn about their department and courses and even seniors and many other new comers. They get familiar with the whole system and can clear all the doubts they have in their minds.
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Problems with socialization occur when individuals feel pressured to conform to a institutional identity or face social consequences.
In example, freshman are often vulnerable to fraternity "rushing." They are humiliated and dehumanized in order to become socialized into the pecking order of the fraternity. This is a form of socialization, but it degrades the individual and is a form of dominance.
Alternatively, it is important to learn the customs of foreign countries before you visit to reduce miscommunication. If I were to visit Japan, I would have to bow when greeting an older and more prestigious individual. It is important to realize the significance of this gesture and to express my respect.
Socialization is useful in teaching individuals about their new community, but we must be careful that the process of socialization is healthy and respectful to the individual.
It is currently 6AM and it just started pouring rain outside my window. I’m feeling rather nostalgic thinking of my undergraduate years at my former university. My previous university is known as being rather quirky, artsy, and “where the hippies retire.” There is an infamous tradition that the first time it rains during the school year, the students are to gather naked outside at a particular college and dance. Once they have had a large enough crowd of students, they then run through the different colleges to collect more students than run one more lap around the entire campus. No one is required to run yet thousands participate every year. In fact, it is not unusual to see people begin to strip down in the dining halls and throwing their clothes aside or even getting out of their cars and leaving it behind. It is definitely a unique culture at my alma mater and their private way of welcoming the new students. Now imagine arriving to campus for the very first time on a rainy night and not knowing of this tradition then being greeted by a stampede of drenched naked students!
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