When Preference Is Not Satisfied but the Individual Is: How Power Distance Affects Person-Job Fit


Autoria(s): Lee Y. T.; Antonakis J.
Data(s)

01/03/2014

Resumo

One aspect of person-job fit reflects congruence between personal preferences and job design; as congruence increases so should satisfaction. We hypothesized that power distance would moderate whether fit is related to satisfaction with degree of job formalization. We obtained measures of job-formalization, fit and satisfaction, as well as organizational commitment from employees (n = 772) in a multinational firm with subsidiaries in six countries. Confirming previous findings, individuals from low power-distance cultures were most satisfied with increasing fit. However, the extent to which individuals from high power-distance cultures were satisfied did not necessarily depend on increasing fit, but mostly on whether the degree of formalization received was congruent to cultural norms. Irrespective of culture, satisfaction with formalization predicted a broad measure of organizational commitment. Apart from our novel extension of fit theory, we show how moderation can be tested in the context of polynomial response surface regression and how specific hypotheses can be tested regarding different points on the response surface.

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http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_7A8C09FA56F4

doi:10.1177/0149206311436080

http://my.unil.ch/serval/document/BIB_7A8C09FA56F4.pdf

http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_7A8C09FA56F49

isbn:0149-2063

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en

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Fonte

Journal of Management, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 641-675

Palavras-Chave #Person-Job fit, choice, job formalization, national culture, power distance, response surface methodology, moderation
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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