Newcomers are important for the survival of online communities, but they are often unfamiliar with ingroup norms. Thus … aimed at successfully socializing newcomers into online communities: a “newcomer nudge” that informs community members when … words in response to newcomer deals. Our results show that the nudge-induced change in behavior toward newcomers increased …

socialize newcomers. The authors examine task mastery, role clarity and social acceptance as indicators of socialization. Design … in the time needed to socialize newcomers. Across occupations, it takes longer to achieve task mastery than role clarity … or social acceptance. Occupational complexity increases the time it takes for newcomers to attain task mastery, role …