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Person–Environment Fit: Theoretical Perspectives, Conceptualizations, and Outcomes
De Cooman, Rein; Vleugels, Wouter
2022In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management
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Keywords :
person-organization fit; person-group fit; person-job fit; misfit; selection; socialization; work adjustment
Abstract :
[en] The idea of person–environment (PE) fit builds upon interactional psychology, which suggests that the interplay between personal and environmental attributes is the primary driver of human behavior. The “environment” in PE fit research can take many different forms, with organizational environments being one of the most important settings with which people may fit or misfit. Henceforth, PE fit is defined as the compatibility that occurs when individuals match the characteristics of the work environment they inhabit. The notion that individuals with personal needs, values, goals, abilities, and personalities and organizational environments with distinctive demands, supplies, values, and cultures are differentially compatible and that “fitting in” is an evolving process that triggers behavioral, cognitive, and affective responses has been well accepted since PE fit was introduced as an independent theory in the mid-1970s. Presently, the PE fit idea has established itself as a firm research framework and has surfaced in many different literatures, ranging from applied and vocational psychology to human resource management, resulting in a plethora of theories that cover many different views on, and various conceptualizations of, PE fit. From an individual (i.e., employee) perspective, fit theories suggest that fit is a sought-after and rewarding experience in and of itself, especially when multiple types of fit (e.g., fit with the job and with the organization) co-occur. However, from a team, organizational, and societal perspective, the advantages of high levels of fit must be weighed against its potential costs, including favoritism, conformity, and homogeneity, which may eventually result in organizational inertia and the reproduction of inequality.
Research Center/Unit :
LENTIC - Laboratoire d'Études sur les Nouvelles Formes de Travail, l'Innovation et le Changement - ULiège
Disciplines :
Human resources management
Author, co-author :
De Cooman, Rein;  KU Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven [BE] > Work and Organization Studies
Vleugels, Wouter  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège : UER > UER Management : Strategic and Sustainable Human Resource Management
Language :
English
Title :
Person–Environment Fit: Theoretical Perspectives, Conceptualizations, and Outcomes
Publication date :
20 June 2022
Main work title :
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management
Publisher :
Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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