PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: A PROFILE COMPARISON APPROACH TO ASSESSING PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT.
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This article brings together three current themes in organizational behavior: (1) a renewed interest in assessing person-situation interactional constructs, (2) the quantitative assessment of organizational culture, and (3) the application of “Q-sort,” or template-matching, approaches to assessing person-situation interactions. Using longitudinal data from accountants and M.B.A. students and cross-sectional data from employees of government agencies and public accounting firms, we developed and validated an instrument for assessing person-organization fit, the Organizational Culture Profile (OCP). Results suggest that the dimensionality of individual preferences for organizational cultures and the existence of these cultures are interpretable. Further, person-organization fit predicts job satisfaction and organizational commitment a year after fit was measured and actual turnover after two years. This evidence attests to the importance of understanding the fit between individuals' preferences and organiza...
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Fit, attunement, or a match between individuals and their environment or cultures confers benefits in many domains.
“Fit, attunement, or a match between individuals and their environment or cultures confers benefits in many domains (e.g., O’Reilly, Chatman, & Caldwell, 1991; Stephens, Markus, & Fryberg, 2012).”
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- Authors
- O'Reilly, C. A., Chatman, J., & Caldwell, D. F.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Santa Clara University (US)
- Venue
- Academy of Management Journal
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1991-09-01
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 487-516
- ISSN
- 0001-4273 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-0989
- OpenAlex
- W2131576002
- Cited by
- 4,519
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 38.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Management and Innovation
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Employee Performance and Management
- Keywords
- person-organization fit, organizational culture, Organizational Culture Profile, Q-sort, template matching, person-situation interaction, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover, accounting firms, public accounting, MBA students, public sector employees
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