Person-Environment Fit: Relationship between Person-Organization Fit, Life Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions

Belif about having fit with one's environment at the workplace is related to variables such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, performance and turnover. Although person-environment fit has been studies in organizational studies for decades, its relation to employee well being has not been attracted much attention. In this study one of the important indicators of well being "life satisfaction" has been evaluated with its relation to person-organization fit and turnover intentions. Participants were 283 employees whom 48 % were female and 52 % were male. Mean age of the participants was 30.9. The proposed model and the alternative models including three indicated variables have been tested by using structural equation modeling. Results showed that the model in which person-organization fit is related to life satisfaction and turnover intentions, and life satisfaction is related to turnover intentions was given the best fit to the data. According to this, perceptions about tit with the organization was not only related to attitudes of the employees' such as job satisfaction or turnover intentions, but also it was significantly related to employees' general belief about their life satisfaction. This study highlighted the importance of life satisfaction which has not been examined in the previous studies of person-environment fit and the results were discussed by using relevant literature.