PersonOrganization Fit:

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Person-Organization Fit

• A review of the research, studies, and reality
• By Karen Passmore
• March 15th, 2006
• BU 408 Recruitment and Selection

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Overview

• What is Person-Organization Fit?
• What are employee attitudes?
• Uses in recruiting and selection
• Common models and tests
• Benefits and drawbacks of P-O Fit
• Company realities
• Recommendations

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Working Definitions

• Person-Organization Fit (P-O Fit)
• The congruence of an individuals beliefs and
  values with the culture, norms, and values of an
  organization
• Subjective in nature
• Often used with person-job fit
• Generally measured through selection interviews

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Working Definitions

• Employee attitudes create and maintain the
  culture of the workplace
• Top Factors Affecting Job Attitudes

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P-O Fit Applications

• Recruiting messaging
• Realistic Organization Preview (ROP)
• Reduces selection time and costs
• Selection decisions
• Ensuring P-O Fit has been linked to
• Increased worker satisfaction
• Organizational commitment
• Team selection, training, promotions

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P-O Fit Models - ASA

• Attraction-Selection-Attrition Model
• Ben Schneider, 1987
• Attraction
• Attracted when preferences, personality, and
  values are perceived as congruent with the
  organization
• Selection
• Recruit and hire individuals with varying
  competencies but similar values and personalities
• Attrition
• People leave organizations when they dont fit
  in

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P-O Fit Models - OCP

• Organizational Culture Profile (OCP)
• Jennifer Chatman, 1991
• 54 value statements in the following major
  dimensions
• Innovation
• Stability
• Orientation towards people
• Orientation towards outcomes
• Easygoing vs. aggressive
• Attention to detail
• Team orientation
• Test-retest (1 year time lapse) found reliability
  to be .73

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P-O Fit Models - CES

• Comparative Emphasis Scale
• Elizabeth Ravlin and Bruce Meglino, 1989
• Through forced answer questions, the CES provides
  an individuals rank order of the following
  workplace values
• Achievement
• Concern for others
• Fairness
• Honesty

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Benefits and Drawbacks
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Real World Examples

• Call Centre Representatives
• Southwest Airlines
• Mezzanine Consulting

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Mezzanine Core Values

• Continuous Learning.
• Our environment supports the sharing of ideas and
  continuous learning to provide personal
  development and client benefit.  We will never be
  satisfied with what we know.  We constantly
  strive to increase our knowledge and skills. 
• Passion.
• We act with a sense of relentless enthusiasm,
  drive and dedication. Our passion for what we do
  each day results in an atmosphere of play vs.
  work.
• Genuineness.
• We are genuine, honest and transparent about our
  opinions, feelings and beliefs with our team and
  our clients.  Our values guide our actions and we
  commit to never compromising our values.
• Integrity.
• We consistently live up to what we say we will
  do.  Others can depend on us to follow through on
  commitments which in turn develop trust and
  respect among team members.
• Excellence.
• We commit to performing at ones highest
  potential in order to exceed client expectations
  and inspire excellence in others.
• Tenacity.
• We take action on opportunities and ideas to
  improve our clients businesses and our own. We
  will not rest until we achieve our end goal.
• Meritocracy.
• We commit to providing an environment where we
  present opportunities for each person to be
  rewarded through compensation and recognition
  based on ability and performance. 
• Initiative.
• We do not wait for opportunities to present
  themselves.  We actively seek out new ideas and
  paths and we take action to bring them to
  fruition. 
• Active Thinking.
• We will recruit and retain exceptional talent and
  live the mantra no lazy thinking.  We will
  foster a culture that is driven by aggressive
  engagement.

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Recommendations

• Strive for standardization
• Link with other measures (personality testing,
  P-J fit)
• Incorporate Realistic Organization Previews into
  recruiting message
• Study the impact of P-O Fit

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Questions?