The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of person-group fit on the attitudes of employees. In Study 1, individual and group data on value misfit and personality misfit were collected from 35 employees, and misfit responses were examin...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of person-group fit on the attitudes of employees. In Study 1, individual and group data on value misfit and personality misfit were collected from 35 employees, and misfit responses were examined using an open-ended questionnaire. Value misfit was detected in 35 employees, and personality misfit was detected in 28. The results also showed 30 responses for person-group value misfit and person-group personality misfit regarding an employee's attitude and behavior toward the supervisor, grouP, and organization.
In Study 2, a total of 294 employees were surveyed in order to examine the effects of person-group fit on supervisor satisfaction, group cohesiveness, and organization commitment. Person-group values were calculated based on group work and person work values. Person-group personalities were determined on the basis of extroversion, agreeableness, and openness to experiences. The results showed that person-group value fit was positively related to group cohesiveness and organization commitment. In the relationship between person-group fit, person-supervisor fit, person-organization fit and employee attitude, person-supervisor fit were related to supervisor satisfaction. Person-group value fit and person-organization extroversion fit provided the best explanation variance for group cohesiveness. Person-group value fit was the best predictor of organization commitment. But, in a different way with expectation self-monitoring did not moderate the relationships between person-group fit and attitude. In regard to effects of value fit and personality fit on the attitudes of employees, Person-group value fit was more closely related to a person's attitude than person-group personality fit.