Inter-Relationships among Different Types of Person-Environment Fit and Job Satisfaction

This paper investigates how different types of person-environment (P-E) fit work together to influence job satisfaction. One field study and a re-analysis of Cable and DeRue's (2002) data were conducted to investigate the interrelationships linking different types of fit perceptions and job satisfaction. An employment relationship model describing how person-organisation values congruence (OVC), demands-abilities (D-A), and needs-supplies (N-S) fit perceptions relate to each other and job satisfaction is proposed and tested. Results support a model where N-S fit mediated the impact of both OVC and D-A fit on job satisfaction. Furthermore, OVC was related also to satisfaction both directly and indirectly, whereas D-A fit was only related to satisfaction via N-S fit.