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Person-environment fit is a formative construct

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2017
Abstract This study explores the concept of person-environment (PE) fit. There has been a push recently to move beyond unidimensional definitions of fit and to consider fit at a variety of dimensions and levels of the environment simultaneously, which has led to questions about how this multidimensional construct should be conceptualized ...
Jessica Badger Darrow, Tara S. Behrend
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Person–environment fit

2023
Nadya A. Fouad, Jane L. Swanson, Stephanie G. Burrows, Jo-Ida C. Hansen   +3 more
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Organizational Attraction and the Person-Environment Fit

Psychological Reports, 1988
The purpose of the research was to test the hypothesis that individuals who score high on a particular personality characteristic are more likely to be attracted to an organization reflective of that characteristic than individuals who are low on that characteristic.
Virginia E. Schein, Thomas Diamante
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Person-Environment Fit in Higher Education

2004
[Abstract]: [The authors] open this chapter with a brief description of a young Australian Aboriginal student's first year at University. Her story is typical of the experiences of many Indigenous students attempting to come to grips with life away from home in a competitive higher education environment.
Fogarty, Gerard J., White, Colin
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Students’ Perceptions of Person–Environment Fit

Journal of Career Assessment, 2015
This study examines the validity of the three-factor model of person–environment (P-E) fit perceptions in a sample of German university students ( N = 326) and examines the connection between these fit types, the Big Five personality traits, and markers of academic success, namely, academic satisfaction, academic performance, and major change intention.
Julian M. Etzel, Gabriel Nagy
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Person-environment fit and accident prediction

Journal of Business and Psychology, 1991
Person-environment (P-E) fit theory suggests that poor fit may result in lowered performance and productivity and may possibly influence the occurrence of accidents and injuries. A sample of transportation workers (N=696) and their supervisors (N=117) completed an instrument designed to measure their attitudes towards and fit with their work ...
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Person‐environment fit and teacher stress

Educational Research, 1999
Summary This study examines the relationship between person‐environment fit and occupational stress and strain for a group of 300 Australian and Scottish vocational teachers. A self‐report questionnaire was used to obtain a measure of predominant work interest type for each individual.
R. T. Pithers, Rebecca Soden
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A Closer Look at Person–Environment Fit

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000
Abstract While in agreement with a number of Tinsley's (2000) principles, we disagree on the two key aspects of lack of recognition of selection effects and inaccurate criticism of the circular structure tests. As a result, we question his conclusion about the invalidity of Holland's congruence hypothesis. We do agree with many of the recommendations
Terence J.G. Tracey, Maria Darcy, Theresa M. Kovalski   +2 more
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Person Environment Fit and Vocational Outcomes

2013
Person–Environment fit (P-E fit) is a salient construct within vocational psychology (Parsons, Choosing a vocation, 1909). People are believed to do better and are more satisfied when there is a fit between the person and the characteristics of their occupational environment. There are many dimensions on which this matching can be done (e.g., abilities,
Kerrie G. Wilkins, Terence J. G. Tracey
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A Person-Environment Fit Approach to Volunteerism: Volunteer Personality Fit and Culture Fit as Predictors of Affective Outcomes

Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2008
This study employed a person-environment (P-E) fit approach to explaining volunteer satisfaction, affective commitment, and turnover intentions. It was hypothesized that personality fit would explain additional variance in volunteer affective outcomes above and beyond motives to volunteer. This hypothesis was supported.
van Vianen, A.E.M., Nijstad, B.A., Voskuijl, O.F.   +2 more
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