The work setting socializes newcomers more powerfully than prior ideals do.

Evidence

Third, the most powerful agent in professional socialization is the work setting. Thus it is the extremely rare newcomer who is able to assert unpopular or unsanctioned values. The education of new recruits as to what is acceptable, what is appropriate, and what will enhance one’s career is an extremely powerful determinant of future professional behavior. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 1470

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines professional socialization as located in the work setting rather than training or ideology — central to the reader’s institutionalization mechanism.