Reinterpreting Time in Fit Theory: Crafting and Recrafting Narratives of Fit in Medias Res

By Abbie J. Shipp, Karen J. Jansen. 2011

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Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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When Employees Are Out of Step with Coworkers: How Job Satisfaction Trajectory and Dispersion Influence Individual- and Unit-Level Voluntary Turnover (2012, background): “Shipp and Jansen (2011) advance two sensemaking mechanisms that people simultaneously use to understand and react to changes in their job attitudes: extrospection (observing experiences outside of the self) and introspection (observing experiences within the self).”
Reciprocal effects of psychological contract breach on counterproductive and organizational citizenship behaviors: The role of time (2018, unknown): “In this process, employees tend to see what they expect to see, gather only information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs, and ignore a lot of information that does not fit with their current beliefs about the organization (Rousseau, 1995; Shipp & Jansen, 2011).”
Core self-evaluation and life satisfaction: The person-environment fit perspective (2015, background): “…characteristics (e.g., knowledge, abilities, skills, needs, values, and other traits) and environmental characteristics (e.g., role characteristics and organizational values and structures) promotes well-being and feelings of satisfaction (Gilbreath, Kim, & Nichols, 2011; Shipp & Jansen, 2011).”
Time in organizational research: Catching up on a long neglected topic in order to improve theory (2012, background): “Most recently, Shipp and Jansen (2011) conceptualized time within ‘‘fit theory’’.”
Time in Individual-Level Organizational Studies: What is it, How is it Used, and Why Isn't it Exploited More Often? (2015, background): “Further, time provides the means by which individuals fundamentally understand current work experiences given that the present is inherently bounded within the context of the past and the future (Johns 2006, Rousseau & Fried 2001, Shipp & Jansen 2011).”
Does West “Fit” with East? In Search of a Chinese Model of Person–Environment Fit (2015, methodology): “A “theme” is an internally coherent and encompassing idea that helps individuals make sense of their experience of PE fit, and has been used by fit scholars (Shipp & Jansen, 2011) to describe the fit narratives that individuals craft regarding their perceived PE fit experiences.”
The “Other” Time: A Review of the Subjective Experience of Time in Organizations (2020, background): “…& Whyte, 2018*; Suddaby & Foster, 2017*) Recrafting – Recreating narratives based on perceived or actual changes across the past, present, and future (Shipp & Jansen, 2011*) Recreating – Reinterpreting past events to justify one's role in it (Kimberly & Bouchikhi, 1995*) Retrospection –…”
Is This How I Will Be Treated? Reducing Uncertainty through Recruitment Interactions (2013, background): “…in the context of recruitment, justice signals generate information that is interpreted and integrated into job seekers’ personal narratives of fit (Shipp & Jansen, 2011), defined as time-oriented chronicles, or stories, that connect the past and present with the future (see also Beach, 2010).”
Resolution, Relief, and Resignation: A Qualitative Study of Responses to Misfit at Work (2017, unknown): “Furthermore, Shipp and Jansen (2011) suggested that employees consider their fit in media res , assessing whether their current situation is better or worse than that of the past, and if improvement is likely in the future.”
Event System Theory: An Event-Oriented Approach to the Organizational Sciences (2015, background): “Shipp and Jansen (2011) maintain that longer episodes of person-environment (PE) fit experiences are more likely to be included in PE fit narratives.”
Perceptions of HR practices, person–organisation fit, and affective commitment: The moderating role of career stage (2018, methodology): “…focus on selection and organizational entry (e.g., Cable & Parsons, 2001; Saks & Ashforth, 1997); however, researchers are increasingly acknowledging the importance of understanding the development of PO fit perceptions over time, as well their antecedents and consequences (Shipp & Jansen, 2011).”
Developing and Testing a Dynamic Model of Workplace Incivility Change (2017, background): “Because the direction and magnitude of change are indicative of what one may expect in the future (Shipp & Jansen, 2011), we anticipated that when departures from typical patterns of experience occur, associated disruptions will capture meaningful information beyond current and past experiences.”