The Effects Of Organizational Changes On Person-Organization Fitness

The match, or compatibility, between employees and various aspectsof their workplace environment has proven to be a useful concept forexplaining a variety of employee and organizational outcomes. Jobapplicants are thought to use fit perceptions when choosing betweenemployers. Similarly, organizations make hiring decisions based on theirassessment of candidates' fit. These judgments are important to bothparties because P-O fit has been shown to relate to job satisfaction,organizational commitment, intentions to quit, and job performance.P-O fit research has focused mainly on organization entry and earlysocialization of employees. Only more recently have studies begun tolook at issues of fit as perceived by existing employees. As a result, weknow much less about causes or consequences of shifts in either theenvironment or the individual. This research are aboutperson-organization fit in organization change. The result indicated that:(1) The extent of change has negative effects on P-O fit; The consequenceof change has positive effects on P-O fit; The speed of change hasnegative effects on P-O fit.(2) Change process fairness has positive effects on P-O fit, Coping withorganizational change has positive effects of P-O fit. (3) Change process fairness moderate the relationship between Theconsequence of change and perceived changes in P-O fit; Coping withorganizational change moderate the relationship between the extent ofchange, the consequence of change and perceived changes in P-O fit.(4) P-O fit has positive effects on affective commitment, normativecommitment,job satisfaction, task performance, contextual performanceand has negative effects on intentions to quit.(5) P-O fit mediate the relationship between the extent of change andcontinuance commitment, normative commitment, task performance,contextual performance; P-O fit mediate the relationship between theconsequence of change and normative commitment; P-O fit mediate therelationship between the speed of change and continuance commitment,job satisfaction.