Organizational Fit

An ambitious survey of the field, by an international group ofscholars, that looks toward the future of person-organizationfit.* Explores how people form their impressions of fit and theimpact these have on their behavior, and how companies can maximizefit* Includes multiple perspectives on the topic of how people fitinto organizations, discussing issues across the field andincorporating insights from related disciplines* Actively encourages scholars to take part in organizational fitresearch, drawing on workshops and symposia held specially for thisbook to explore some of the creative directions that the field istaking into the future

About the Editors ixAbout the Contributors xiPreface xix1 Fit for the Future 1Amy L. Kristof-Brown and Jon BillsberryPart 1: New Directions within the Fit Paradigms2 A Motivational Model of Person-Environment Fit:Psychological Motives as Drivers of Change 21Kang Yang Trevor Yu3 Dyadic Fit and the Process of Organizational Socialization50John D. Kammeyer-Mueller, Pauline Schilpzand,and Alex L. Rubenstein4 A Self-Regulation Approach to Person-Environment Fit74Russell E. Johnson, Meng U. Taing, Chu-Hsiang Chang,and Cristina K. Kawamoto5 Person-Organization Fit, Organizational Citizenship andSocial-Cognitive Motivational Mechanisms 99Christian J. Resick, Tomas R. Giberson, Marcus W. Dickson, Kevin T.Wynne, and Linda M. Bajdo6 Mapping Fit: Maximizing Idiographic and Nomothetic Benefits124Jon Billsberry, Danielle L. Talbot, and V¿eroniqueAmbrosiniPart 2: New Directions for the Fit Paradigms7 The Construal of Person-Organization Fit during the ASAStages: Content, Source, and Focus of Comparison 145Annelies E. M. Van Vianen, J. W. Stoelhorst, and Marije E. E. DeGoede8 Exploring the Middle Range of Person-Environment FitTheories through a Conservation of Resources Perspective 170Anthony R. Wheeler, Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben, and KristenShanine9 A Review and Agenda for Incorporating Time in Fit Research195Karen J. Jansen and Abbie J. Shipp10 Fitting Person-Environment Fit Theories into a NationalCultural Context 222Yih-teen Lee and Aarti RamaswamiIndex 000