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CONSEQUENCES OF INDIVIDUALS' FIT AT WORK: A META‐ANALYSIS OF PERSON–JOB, PERSON–ORGANIZATION, PERSON–GROUP, AND PERSON–SUPERVISOR FIT

KRISTOF‐BROWN, AMY L., ZIMMERMAN, RYAN D., JOHNSON, ERIN C.·2005·Personnel Psychology
DOI 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00672.x
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This meta‐analysis investigated the relationships between person–job (PJ), person–organization (PO), person–group, and person–supervisor fit with preentry (applicant attraction, job acceptance, intent to hire, job offer) and postentry individual‐level criteria (attitudes, performance, withdrawal behaviors, strain, tenure). A search of published articles, conference presentations, dissertations, and working papers yielded 172 usable studies with 836 effect sizes. Nearly all of the credibility intervals did not include 0, indicating the broad generalizability of the relationships across situations. Various ways in which fit was conceptualized and measured, as well as issues of study design, were examined as moderators to these relationships in studies of PJ and PO fit. Interrelationships between the various types of fit are also meta‐analyzed. 25 studies using polynomial regression as an analytic technique are reviewed separately, because of their unique approach to assessing fit. Broad themes emerging from the results are discussed to generate the implications for future research on fit.

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Authors
KRISTOF‐BROWN, A. L., ZIMMERMAN, R. D., & JOHNSON, E. C.
Venue
Personnel Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-05-09
Volume
58
Issue
2
Pages
281-342
ISSN
  • 0031-5826
  • 1744-6570
DOI
10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00672.x
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4,082
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Language
en
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KRISTOF‐BROWN, A. L., ZIMMERMAN, R. D., & JOHNSON, E. C. (2005). CONSEQUENCES OF INDIVIDUALS' FIT AT WORK: A META‐ANALYSIS OF PERSON–JOB, PERSON–ORGANIZATION, PERSON–GROUP, AND PERSON–SUPERVISOR FIT. Personnel Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00672.x

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