The health care supervisor and the early communication patterns of new employees: the uncertainty of assimilation.

Without a doubt, a supervisor's most valuable resources are the employees placed in trust with that supervisor. It is the challenge of every supervisor to focus the vast energies of this resource on accomplishing the mission of the organization. Within the context of new employees, what happens during those first days of employment may determine how well they will contribute, if at all, to accomplishing this organizational mission. While new employee assimilation has many factors that affect its success or failure, the nature of communication that occurs with the supervisor is critical. As was shown in this study, new employees do, in fact, have a specific set of communication needs of which the supervisor should be cognizant.