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Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational, 2005.

Abstract

Research suggests that characteristics of organizational members often define the organization. However, most research on person-organization fit focuses on comparisons between individual characteristics and organizational characteristics, rather than comparisons between the individual and the organization’s employees. We suggest that a person-to-person approach may be more meaningful. In the current study, similarity between participants and stereotypical employees at well-know retail stores was assessed, and participants rated their attraction to each of those stores. Both objective and subjective measures of applicant-employee fit were found to predict perceptions of organizational attractiveness beyond the influence of pay.

Subject Headings

Psychology, Industrial

Keywords

person-organization fit; employee; organizational attraction; similarity

Advisor

Scott Highhouse

Pages

56p.

Document number: bgsu1131386002
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