Author: | O'Reilly, C. A. Chatman, J. Caldwell, D. F. |
Title: | People and organizational culture : a profile comparison approach to assessing person-organization fit. |
Journal: | Academy of Management Journal
1991 : SEP, VOL. 34:3, p. 487-516 |
Index terms: | ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE SELECTION OF PERSONNEL |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Person-culture fit and its applications for work attitudes and behaviour are examined. Recent developments in the applications of Q-sort, or temple-matching, approaches are used to resolve some of the measurement issues that have hindered previous research on fit. Using longitudinal data from accountants and M.B.A. students and cross-sectional data from employees of government agencies and public accounting firms, an instrument for assessing person-organization fit, the Organizational Culture Profile /OCP/ is developed and validated. Results suggest that the dimensionality of individual preferences for organizational cultures and the existence of these cultures are interpretable. |
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