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Article: Person-job fit versus person-organization fit as predictors of organizational attraction and job acceptance intentions: a longitudinal study.
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- Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Person-environment (PE) fit theories propose that positive responses occur when individuals fit or match the environment. For example, PE fit theories of vocational choice propose that higher levels of satisfaction and mental and physical well-being will occur when there is a good fit between the person and the environment (e.g. Dawis & Lofquist, 1984; Holland, 1997). Extensive research supports the proposition that individuals are satisfied with and adjust most easily to jobs that are congruent with their own career-relevant personality types (Spokane, 1985; Tinsley, 2000).
The notion of PE fit is conceptualized as a general term, under which fall more specific ...