Process of integrating new employees into organizations: Its significance and importance

Franco Lotito Catino

Autores/as

Franco Lotito Catino Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia/Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0123-2212

Palabras clave:

capital humano, gestión y retención del talento, proceso de integración, proceso de incorporación

Resumen

Este artículo busca destacar la necesidad de que toda organización tenga un apropiado proceso de integración de nuevos empleados y poner énfasis en las numerosas ventajas de su adecuada implementación. Cualquier enfoque, método o programa orientado a la integración de una nueva persona en una organización, ya sea pública o privada, debe considerar que los procesos de incorporación, inducción y socialización del recién llegado constituyen un eslabón fundamental en los objetivos que rigen los criterios de atracción de capital humano, lo que también incluye el reclutamiento, selección, contratación y retención de trabajadores talentosos. Este proceso de post selección debe ser guiado e inspirado por la alta dirección, en un claro intento de incorporar la filosofía de integración profesional y social del empleado a la cultura corporativa. La metodología utilizada se basa en una revisión sistemática de la literatura disponible a fin de dar cuenta del estado del arte al respecto de esta temática. La principal conclusión, es que aun hoy subsisten grandes fallas y vacíos en muchas empresas en relación con la implementación de un buen proceso de integración de nuevos empleados, debido, justamente, a la no valoración y/o desconocimiento de los numerosos beneficios y ventajas de su uso. Este artículo puede ser de gran utilidad para revertir estos errores estratégicos en la gestión del capital humano.

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Biografías de los autores/as

Franco Lotito Catino, Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia/Chile

Dr. en Ciencias Humanas. MBA. Psicólogo. Profesor de Alemán.

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