The Influence of Organizational Culture as Moderator between Person-Organization (P-O) Fit and Work Attitudes

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  • S. Senthil Kumar IBS, Hyderabad, India

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https://doi.org/10.32890/ijms2011.18.1.4

Keywords:

Person-organization fit, organizational culture, national culture, job satisfaction, organizational commitment

Abstract

Although the positive effect of Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) on work attitudes is well known, research into the environmental factors that affect P-O fit’s salience in predicting work attitudes is in its infancy. This study examined the moderating effects of organizational culture in the relationship between P-O fit and work attitudes such as job satisfaction, and organizational commitment in the national culture context. Results from a sample of 173 managerial-level employees from 7 organizations in India suggest that organizational culture either strengthens or weakens the positive relationship between P-O fit and work attitudes depending upon its alignment with national culture. In the Indian cultural context, it is found that people and control-oriented organizational cultures that are isomorphic with national culture weaken the relationship between P-O fi t and work attitudes. Whereas creation and market-oriented cultures that are non-isomorphic with Indian national culture strengthen the positive relationship between P-O fi t and work attitudes. Results of this study have implications in employee selection, socialization and organizational culture management.
 
Keywords: Person-organization fit, organizational culture, national culture, job satisfaction, organizational commitment.

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