The notion of person-organization fit (P-O fit) is concerned with identifying the antecedents and consequences of compatibility between employees and the
organizations in which they work, as part of interactional psychology. Literature on
consequences of P-O fit has demonstrated significant relationships with various
individual outcomes.
The main purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of P-O fit
operationalized as value congruence between the employee and the organization, on job
satisfaction, organizational commitment and performance of employees working in a
public organization at both individual-level and cross-level analysis by utilizing
multiple measures of fit. The secondary purpose was to compare multiple measures of
fit in terms of their power in predicting individual outcome variables and investigate the
level of association between direct and indirect fit and whether direct fit contributed to
prediction over and above indirect fit measures.
One hundred and eighty employees of a public organization filled out the
questionnaire. Cross-level analysis could not be performed because of inadequate level
of agreement between respondents. Results revealed that both direct and indirect fit
measures were significant predictors of individual outcome variables at individual-level
analysis except for supervisor ratings of task performance and overall performance,
which were solely predicted by direct fit. Direct fit was the most consistent and
effective predictor of individual outcome variables and made a consistent unique
contribution to prediction of outcome variables over and above indirect fit measures.
The results and implications of the study were discussed and limitations of the study
were addressed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606110/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 April 2005 |
| Creators | Karakurum, Muge |
| Contributors | Bilgic, Reyhan |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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