Abstract
Socialization refers to the inculcation and transmission of attitudes. Parents, teachers, and managers are socializing agents who transmit attitudes to children, students, and subordinates. In this exploratory study attitudes toward social, community, and employee programs of 166 managers in manufacturing, banking, and retailing were surveyed. Respondents indicated their favorability toward several attitudes using a Likert-type scale. Data were analyzed for differences among top, middle, and supervisory managers and extent of similarity at the top levels of management. The findings suggest that managers were not significantly different. There appears to be greater similarity, however, at top levels of management.
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