Job Characteristic Beliefs and Personality as Antecedents of Subjective Person–Job Fit

By K. Ehrhart. 2006

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ABSTRACTTheory and research on Person–Environment (P–E) fit tend to focus on the outcomes of fit, while antecedents have received less attention. Two antecedents of individuals’ subjective Person–Job (P–J) fit are studied: personality and job characteristic beliefs (JCBs). In a framework similar to work on objective fit, the interaction of these person and environment variables is hypothesized to predict subjective P–J fit. The hypotheses are studied with customer service job scenarios that varied in the nature of employee-customer contact. Two studies found significant interactions between personality and JCBs in predicting subjective P–J fit. Implications and directions for research are discussed.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Emin Babakus
2. Nicholas J. Ashill
3. Ugur Yavas

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Ugur Yavas
2. Emin Babakus
3. Nicholas J. Ashill
4. Osman M. Karatepe
5. A. Grobelna
6. J. W. Peachey
7. D. Parris
8. K. Chan

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• Service Worker Burnout and Turnover Intentions: Roles of Person-Job Fit, Servant Leadership, and Customer Orientation (2010, background): “For instance, Donavan et al. (2004) show that CO (a surface-level personality trait) has a significant positive effect on P-J fit, and Ehrhart (2006) indicates that extraversion significantly increases perceptions of P-J fit.”