Purpose drawing upon the theory of conservation of resources to argue the importance of job stress as an important variable that mediates the person organization fit po fit job satisfaction relationship, and supervisor support as an. The demography data showed there were 391 male participants 95. As there is a possibility that these values are integrated, there can also be unbalance and gaps between the values. The results revealed that the influence of po fit on work attitudes and behaviors was indirect through perceived social exchange with organization. Drawing upon the social exchange theory and empowerment theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of perceived personenvironment fit on organisational citizenship behaviour ocb. Personorganisation po fit refers to the compatibility between individuals and organisations. Person organization fit has been found to have the strongest positive correlations with organizational commitment and organizational satisfaction, followed by moderate positive correlations with job satisfaction, trust, and satisfaction with coworkers and supervisors, and moderate negative correlations with intent to quit and strain. These findings are consistent with personenvironment fit theory and identity theory. Theories theories are very useful tools that help us accomplish many important outcomes and objectives in an academic field of study. O fit or congruence between the person and organization are important to organizational success. The degree of confluence between a person and the organization is expressed as their person organization po fit. Organizational values are central for personorganization fit po fit 1 bourne and jenkins, 20.
The attractionselectionattrition theory states that individuals are attracted to and. Personjob fit is measured by a pj fit scale which is based on the theory from robbins 2006. Compatibility can result from one party supplying a need of the other party, similar values across parties, or both. Oct 01, 2004 an organization is not a passive or stable institution and it evolves and grows within an organizational culture. Organizational theory proceeds by way of its main item of study, the formal or complex organization. The results reveal that personjob fit influences innovation behavior by enhancing job involvement. In addition, the relationship between po fit and perceived social exchange with organization was moderated by leadermember exchange lmx quality. A qualitative study in malaysian private organizations seperti yang tercatat di muka surat tajuk dan kulit kertas projek as it appears on the title page and front cover of the project paper. Personorganization fit and the theory of work adjustment. However, there has been little attention paid to the interaction of fit and organizational culture with such.
This paper will concentrate on the very beginning theory namely classical organization theory and is. Most research to date has approached personenvironment fit as a static phenomenon, and. In addition to the basic munication and liking, which in turn affect job attitheoretical importance of the question, the implications tudes and organizational outcomes mael, 1991. The temporal relationship between person organization and personjob fit. Personjob fit, personality, organizational commitment and intention to stay among employees in marketing departments goh ee leng michelle lee chin chin department of psychology, faculty of science and technology, sunway university abstract the current study utilized a crosssectional method among 153 employees in various marketing.
As organization theory being focused on understanding and clarifying how organizations work in. Chapter 2 the contingency theory of organizational design. Overview of theories on organization and management. This definition includes compatibility based on employee needs and job supplies available to meet those needs, as well as job demands and employee abilities to meet those demands. The difficulty in values is that they reflect as well individual cognitive structures as collective social structures. Person organization fit po fit is the most widely studied area of personenvironment fit, and is defined by kristof 1996 as, the compatibility between people and organizations that occurs when a at least one entity provides what the other needs, b they share similar fundamental characteristics, or c both kristof, 1996. Goodhue and thompson 1995 developed a measure of tasktechnology fit that consists of 8 factors. The personalityjob fit theory postulates that a persons personality traits will reveal insight as to adaptability within an organization. These consequences predicted by regulatory fit theory need to be examined in the future.
The relationship between personjob fit and job performance. The psychological contract, which is both perceptual and individual, forms the basis of the p. Theory and research have shown that five factors can be used to measure the degree of person organizational fit when studying the relationship. Personenvironment fit pe fit is defined as the degree to which individual and environmental. Temporal issues in personorganization fit, personjob fit, and.
It is presumed that organizations have objectives, guidelines, hierarchy, definitions of affiliation, and vigorous ideas of career tracks for their affiliates. Two types of pe fit that have been shown to be important in each phase of an employees work experience, from entry to longterm employment, are person organization po and personjob pj fit, which represent, respectively, the match between the individual and the organization, and the match between the individual and the job jansen and kristofbrown, 2006. Person organization, personjob and persongroup fit as drivers of teacher mobility author note paper presented at the association of education finance and policy annual meeting, march 26, 2011 this research was supported by funding from the carnegie corporation of new york and a michigan state university research. The second type of fit, the main focus of this article, is known as personorganization fit. The perceived importance of personjob fit and person.
Dahling, jj, librizzi, ua 2015 integrating the theory of work adjustment and attachment theory to. Multidimensional instrument of personenvironment fit 4 recent advances in fit theory have recognized that the most rewarding experiences are those in which multiple types of fit exist simultaneously. However, the concept of quasi fit allows that managers only need to move towards fit for misfit to be reduced and the sarfit cycle to operate donaldson, 2001. High value congruence is a large facet of personorganization fit, which implies a. Perceived values congruence between job seekers and. Concludes that fit has been defined too broadly, and recommends a tighter definition of pe that is the compatibility of joint.
Furthermore, this study assesses the roles of organisational commitment and psychological empowerment pe in this relationship. Using personorganization fit in selection recruit better. Social exchange theory, lewins field theory, multidimensional model of employee engagement and selfconceptjob fit theory are adopted in developing the theoretical linkages among the constructs. In addition, career commitment strengthens the positive influence of personjob fit on both job involvement and innovation behavior. Commonly, contingency theory studies postulate that organizational outcomes are the consequences of a fit or match between two or more contingent factors. The role of volunteer participation and personorganization fit in. Person organization fit is defined as the degree of congruence between the organization and the person. The influence of personorganization fit and personjob fit. The philosophical approach, second edition, edited by thomas d. Jan 09, 2018 similarly, one could expect regulatory fit at person organization level to have consequences for work engagement. Effectuating personorganization fit effectuation in. Functional theory has been widely applied to explain the relationship between motives and volunteering.
Temporal issues in personorganization fit, personjob fit. The framework, personenvironment pe fit theory, is pro posed as a method for understanding the process of adjustment between organizational members and their work environments. The perceived importance of personjob fit and person organization fit between and within interview stages. Ten ways of managing personorganization fit po fit effectively. The relationship between personorganization fit and job. Exploring the mediating role of employee followership and job satisfaction through conservation of resources theory show all authors myung hun jin 1. Using a sample of 145 questionnaires collected in a military organization, data analyses were performed using. Classical organization theory mostly works with two basic structures, the line and the staff. Thus, based on past in addition to job search and choice, the process of theory, organizational entry includes the initial work experih3a. Tasktechnology fit ttf theory holds that it is more likely to have a positive impact on individual performance and be used if the capabilities of the it match the tasks that the user must perform goodhue and thompson, 1995. Although the theory has most often been used to study personvocation fit e. Systems theory does not specify particular theoretical frameworks for understanding.
This is also referred to as a personenvironment fit. Overview of theories on organizations and management. Researchers have suggested that person and organization fit is the key to maintain committed and flexible workforce which is very important in this competitive world. When confusion exists regarding what falls under the. The influence of personorganization fit and personjob. Chatman 1991 showed that person organization fit is important. Ten ways of managing personorganization fit po fit. It can predict higher jb if i 1 l i i l i dijob satisfaction 1 year later, greater organizational commitment and intent to stay with the organization 1 year later, and lower turnover. However, typical studies of fit have relied on occupational environments or general organizational descriptions. The theory described here was initially proposed by french, rodgers, and cobb 1974.
September 2011 97 since the focus of supplementary fit which described by muchinsky and monahan 1987, is looking at the fit between a person and the environment not the job, thus it does not apply to personjob fit. Personorganization fit po fit is a concept that goes back many years, and is generally defined as compatibility between employees and their organizations. Cruise available electronically principles and practices of public administration, edited by jack rabin, robert f. How personorganization fit impacts employees perceptions. Systems theory also enables us to understand the components and dynamics of client systems in order to interpret problems and develop balanced intervention strategies, with the goal of enhancing the goodness of fit between individuals and their environments. International journal of business, humanities and technology vol. The impact of person organization fit on job satisfaction. The impact of person organization fit on job satisfaction and. An integrative analysis of personorganization fit theories. From classical perspective jannatul ferdous department of public administration comilla university. Modern structural organization theory, organizational economics theory, power and politics organization theory, organizational culture theory, reform though changes in organizational culture and theories of organizations and environments. Commensurate measures of each aspect of fit were collected from 105 employees in six organizations in the western united states.
However, such activities as committee and liaison functions fall quite. Pdf comparing person organization fit and person job fit. The present study extends the twa by examining personenvironment fit in organizational settings. May 20, 2016 two types of pe fit that have been shown to be important in each phase of an employees work experience, from entry to longterm employment, are person organization po and personjob pj fit, which represent, respectively, the match between the individual and the organization, and the match between the individual and the job jansen and kristofbrown, 2006.
We cannot capture all possible thigns the person feels they fit in for ultimately not as powerful a predictor as subjective fit objective fut is useful during hiringselection to get some sense of whether the person would be happy with the organization. Pdf the impact of personjob fit and personorganization. Personjob fit personjob pj fit is defined as the compatibility between individuals and the job or tasks that they perform at work. Exploring the mediating role of employee followership and job satisfaction through conservation of resources theory show all. The impact of personjob fit and personorganization fit. The role of person organization fit in organizational selection decisions this paper presents and tests a theoretical model of person organization fit and organizational selection decisions using data from 35 organizations making hiring decisions.
Organization theory, human resource theory, or the organizational behavior perspective. Relationship between personorganization fit and performance. As there is a possibility that these values are integrated, there can. Public service motivation theory suggests that public service motivation is positively related to work attitudes, but person. O fit may be linked to organizational culture, the impact of specific types of organizational culture was also assessed. It is sometimes also said against structural contingency theory that organizational managers may not know the fit states of the theory and so cannot change their organization towards it. The international journal of human resource management.
Linking personjob fit, personorganization fit, employee. A qualitative study in malaysian private organizations seperti yang tercatat di muka surat tajuk dan kulit kertas projek as it appears on. The theory of work adjustment twa posits a relation between personenvironment fit and job satisfaction and tenure. Person organization fit po fit person organization fit po fit is defined as the compatibility between people and organizations that occurs when at least one entity provides what the other needs or they share similar fundamental characteristics or both kristofbrown, zimmerman and johnson 2005. This study provides an integrative analysis of three approaches to person organization po fit theory and measurement. An integrative analysis of personorganization fit theories, international. Please login andor purchase the pdf to view the full. Personenvironment fit management oxford bibliographies. It is much less common for this kind of fit to be systematically measured during the hiring process using scientifically designed tools. The role of person organization fit in organizational selection decisions this paper presents and tests a theoretical model of person organization fit and organizational selection decisions using data from 35. Similarly, one could expect regulatory fit at person organization level to have consequences for work engagement. The related concepts of organizational culture and person. Personorganization fit is measured by a po fit scale which is based on the theory from kristof 1996.
My notion is, i said, that a state comes into existence because no individual is self sufficing. The perceived importance of personjob fit and person organization fit between and within interview stages in this study we explored the perceived importance of personjob fit and person organization fit between and within 3 interview stages i. Organization theory is a positive science to explain and understand the structure, behavior, and effectiveness of an organization what is. How personorganization fit impacts employees perceptions of. The temporal relationship between personorganization and personjob fit. Employees who experience poor fit with their work environment are likely to leave the organization e. Temporal issues in personorganization fit, personjob fit and.
Person organisation po fit refers to the compatibility between individuals and organisations. September 2011 97 since the focus of supplementary fit which described by muchinsky and monahan 1987, is looking at the fit between a person and the environment not the job, thus it does not apply to personjob fit sekiguchi, 2004. Person organization fit 295 perceptions rynes et al. In this study we explored the perceived importance of personjob fit and person organization fit between and within 3 interview stages i.
388 1161 748 406 889 261 188 1611 1151 1292 429 1076 1453 1604 87 622 310 677 322 106 776 701 410 1392 1208 287 525 1235 1214 296