Journal article
Person-environment congruence and employee job satisfaction: a test of Holland's theory
Journal of vocational behavior, Vol.13(1), pp.84-100
01/01/1978
DOI: 10.1016/0001-8791(78)90074-X
Abstract
Person-environment congruence as assessed by Holland's model of vocational preference was tested in a sample of 362 employees from five environmental typologies (Realistic, Investigative, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional). Employees were classified as having congruent or incongruent person/environment pairings according to their occupation and their responses to Holland's Self-Directed Search. It was hypothesized that congruent employees would be significantly more satisfied with their jobs than incongruent employees. The results indicated that congruent employees were significantly more satisfied with the job facet satisfaction measures of work, pay, promotions, supervision, and coworkers as well as overall satisfaction compared to incongruent employees. In addition, the results revealed several Environment × Congruence interactions, indicating that the effects of person-environment congruence vary across different environmental typologies. The results are discussed in the context of establishing a fit between individual attributes and organizational environments. © 1978.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Person-environment congruence and employee job satisfaction: a test of Holland's theory
- Creators
- Michael K. Mount - Iowa State UniversityPaul M. Muchinsky - Iowa State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of vocational behavior, Vol.13(1), pp.84-100
- DOI
- 10.1016/0001-8791(78)90074-X
- ISSN
- 0001-8791
- eISSN
- 1095-9084
- Number of pages
- 17
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/1978
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984963215602771
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