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Person-Work Arrangement Fit: Understanding Voluntary Choice and Outcomes of Nonstandard Work Arrangements

Matthes, Doreen
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2195-9718
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1618953739921455

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, PHD, Kent State University, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ambassador Crawford / Department of Management and Information Systems.
Advances in technology and increased competition in product and labor markets have changed the world of work, creating pressures for organizations to be more flexible. Consequently, organizations have externalized parts of their workforce through use of nonstandard work arrangements (NSWAs) such as independent contracting, temporary staffing agency work, and remote work. Research is unclear regarding both antecedents (i.e., what drives some individuals to voluntarily choose NSWAs) and subjective consequences (e.g., subjective career success) of an individual's voluntary choice of a NSWA. The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a contemporary examination of these underexplored issues within the NSWA literature through the lens of person-environment (P-E) fit theory. This theory predicts positive outcomes for the individual and organization when the individual's abilities and needs match the work environment's demands and supplies. In Chapter 1, I conduct a thorough review of the literature and provide a novel framework for categorizing the variables relevant for achieving fit between workers and NSWAs. Using that framework, I derive propositions about the likely characteristics of voluntary nonstandard workers for various NSWAs. In doing so, I expand the scope of P-E fit to include the work arrangement as an environment, introducing the term person-work arrangement (P-WA) fit. In Chapter 2, I investigate empirically the P-E fit theory prediction that fit is linked to positive outcomes by examining the connection between P-WA fit and subjective career success for voluntary independent contractors, on-call and direct-hire temporary workers as well as remote workers. Following guidelines in P-E fit theory, I employ three measures of P-WA fit, including a direct measure of perceived fit, an indirect measure of perceived fit, and an indirect measure of objective fit, to gain a more thorough understanding of voluntary nonstandard workers' fit perceptions and consequences thereof.
Mary Hogue (Committee Co-Chair)
Deborah Knapp (Committee Co-Chair)
Greta Polites (Committee Member)
Curtis Reynolds (Committee Member)
Business Administration; Management; Organizational Behavior
nonstandard work arrangements; person-environment fit; demands-abilities fit; needs-supplies fit; subjective career success

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  • Matthes, D. (2021). Person-Work Arrangement Fit: Understanding Voluntary Choice and Outcomes of Nonstandard Work Arrangements [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1618953739921455

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Matthes, Doreen. Person-Work Arrangement Fit: Understanding Voluntary Choice and Outcomes of Nonstandard Work Arrangements. 2021. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1618953739921455.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Matthes, Doreen. "Person-Work Arrangement Fit: Understanding Voluntary Choice and Outcomes of Nonstandard Work Arrangements." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1618953739921455

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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