The doctoral thesis entitled Features of Professional Socialisation and their Contribution to the Development of a Positive Attitude amongst Junior Researchers towards the Teaching Process deals with the research of various processes, mechanisms and events that contributed to the development of a junior researchers' positive attitude towards teaching during their professional socialization. This research was based on a qualitative research approach and a case study that included five women – junior researchers – employed in various institutions / disciplines in the Croatian higher education system. What they have in common is that the dimensions of a positive attitude towards teaching in their professional experience have been recognized. (emotional dimension, dimension of professional development; dimension of a constructivist approach to learning and teaching; dimension of teaching and research nexus). The aim was to investigate which aspects of professional socialization (at a personal/micro level, institutional/meso level and disciplinary/macro level) contributed to the development of these dimensions, and for this purpose, various qualitative data sources (e.g. interviews, documentation, etc.) were collected and analysed. Research results showed that junior researchers who have a positive attitude towards teaching recognize their inclination towards work early on in the teaching profession, express a higher level of job satisfaction and possess well-developed “soft skills“. Their close work environment and relationship with students are stimulating, although their institutions usually do not have sufficient mechanisms for professional development. Also, junior researchers express the need for disciplinary knowledge to be acquired through practical work and experiential learning. Based on the results of the research, recommendations for the improvement of the support system for junior researchers in their professional socialization into teaching are given.