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A Two‐Dimensional Person‐Environment Fit Analysis of the Performance, Effort and Satisfaction of Research Scientists
Author(s) -
Payne Roy L.,
Lane Dawn,
Jabri Muayyad
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.1990.tb00155.x
Subject(s) - sample (material) , psychology , variables , social psychology , econometrics , computer science , statistics , mathematics , chemistry , chromatography
SUMMARY This study questions traditional assumptions in the person‐environment fit models. Previous research has regarded any kind of fit as positive and any kind of misfit as negative. In the present study, this thinking is refined. It is proposed that consideration of the nature of the fit or misfit matters and that different dependent variables, including performance, may be affected differently. The proposal is tested with a sample of 212 research scientists. The findings demonstrate modest support for the differing effects of type of fit on the dependent variables.