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Person, Environment, and Person-Environment Fit as Influences on Residential Satisfaction of Elders
Environment and Behavior, 2003This article extends previous conceptualizations of person-environment fit from institutional to community settings, focusing on neighborhoods. The authors consider applicability of the congruence construct for understanding the impact of neighborhoods, including dwelling units, on older persons' residential satisfaction.
Eva Kahana +3 more
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Organizational Attraction and the Person-Environment Fit
Psychological Reports, 1988The 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 and transfer of training
International Journal of Training and Development, 2002Results support the hypothesis that individuals transfer their training to the job when their ‘real’ environment matches or fits the preferred ‘ideal’ environment. Five aspects of environment were assessed: supervisory encouragement, sufficient resources, worker’s perceived freedom, workload pressures, and perceived worker creativity.
Enoch A. Awoniyi +2 more
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Person-Environment Fit in Open Classrooms
The Journal of Educational Research, 1980AbstractConsiderable prior research into the effects of classroom openness on student cognitive achievement has produced inconclusive or conflicting results. A person- environment fit framework is proposed in which student preferences for classroom openness are considered simultaneously with actual openness.
Barry J. Fraser, A. John Rentoul
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Person-Environment Fit and Public Service Motivation
International Public Management Journal, 2008This article incorporates insights from Person-Environment Fit theories to the discussion about the effect of Public Service Motivation (PSM) on vocational outcome variables. Analysis of a large Dutch dataset shows that workers with a PSM fit are more satisfied and less inclined to leave their job and the organization they work for than workers without
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Person-environment fit is a formative construct
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2017Abstract 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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Students’ Perceptions of Person–Environment Fit
Journal of Career Assessment, 2015This 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 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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A Closer Look at Person–Environment Fit
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000Abstract 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 +2 more
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