A contingency perspective of the importance of PJ fit and PO fit in employee selection
A contingency perspective of the importance of PJ fit and PO fit in employee selection
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DOI:
10.1108/02683940710726384
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发表时间:
2007-02
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Tomoki Sekiguchi
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作者:
Tomoki Sekiguchi
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a contingency perspective that describes the relative importance of person‐job (PJ) fit and person‐organization (PO) fit as selection criteria for hiring various types of employees.Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the theories of psychological contracts, human capital and cosmopolitan‐local perspective, propositions are developed regarding the relative importance of PJ fit and PO fit in specific hiring situations.Findings – The propositions developed in this paper suggest that PJ fit will be more important than PO fit when organizations hire employees to form transactional psychological contracts, to obtain general human capital, and/or who are categorized as cosmopolitans. On the other hand, it is suggested that PO fit will be more important than PJ fit when organizations hire employees to form relational psychological contracts, to develop firm‐specific human capital, and/or who are likely to become locals.Research limitations/implications – Furt...