joined her new law firm expecting to participate in exciting environmental law cases and cutting edge research. After one month at the firm she still hasn't been assigned a case and spends most of her time filing standardized appeals for title disputes with insurance companies. In which stage of the socialization process is Jackie? prearrival encounter metamorphosis post-encounter post-arrival

Encounter Stage

Explanation:

The socialization process usually consist of several main stages, and they are; the pre-arrival, the encounter, post-encounter, the metamorphosis stage, and the post-arrival stage. A person is said to be in the encounter stage of socialization when he or she newly joins an organization and newly discovers how their expectations aligns with the realities within the organization. Usually this stage of socialization comes prior to the metamorphosis stage and after the prearrival stage.