Conference proceeding
A Policy-Capturing Study of the Relative Importance of Fit with Jobs, Groups, and Organizations
Proceedings & Membership Directory - Academy of Management, Vol.2001(1), pp.1-1
08/2001
DOI: 10.5465/apbpp.2001.27461493
Abstract
Recent person-environment (P-E) interaction research has emphasized specific types offit, such as person-job (P-J), person-group (P-G), and person-organization (P-O) fit.Although this focus has enriched our understanding of each type of fit, it hassimultaneously constrained our knowledge of a person's compatibility with the total work environment. Using a sample of professional students with prior work experience and a policy capturing design, we examined the simultaneous influence of three types of fit (PJ, P-G, and P-O) on work attitudes. Using hierarchical linear modeling, our level-one analyses determined that all three types of fit influenced both satisfaction and intention to quit, with P-J fit having the greatest impact, followed by P-O and then P-G fit in the total sample. This was in contrast to participants' stated importance weights, which indicated that P-J fit was most important, followed by P-G fit and then P-O fit. Level-two analyses indicated that participants varied in the extent to which the relied on each type of fit, depending on their work experience (number of companies and number of total months of experience). In addition, results indicate that those with greater work experience used more complicated (i.e., nonlinear) strategies for combining information on the various types of P-E fit. Implications for studying P-E fit and managerial practices are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Policy-Capturing Study of the Relative Importance of Fit with Jobs, Groups, and Organizations
- Creators
- Amy Kristof-Brown - University of IowaKaren Jansen - Pennsylvania State UniversityAmy Colbert - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings & Membership Directory - Academy of Management, Vol.2001(1), pp.1-1
- DOI
- 10.5465/apbpp.2001.27461493
- ISSN
- 0065-0668
- eISSN
- 2151-6561
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2001
- Academic Unit
- Bus Admin College; Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380711802771
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