Fit With Both Supervisors and Organizations Examining the Interactive Effect of Person-Environment Fit Perceptions

Person-environment fit is of great importance in organizational behavior research. Drawing from the relations between employees, supervisors, and organizations, this study discusses how the relation between person-organization fit (P-O fit) and person-supervisor fit (P-S fit) affects employees' attitudes and performance. We conducted a field study of 247 employees to test our hypotheses via regression analysis. The results indicate that P-O fit and P-S fit have a positive interactive effect rather than independent effects on employees' organizational commitment. In addition, organizational commitment mediates the interactive relation between fit and employee role-based performance (i.e., job role performance and career role performance). This study sheds light on research into P-E fit by highlighting the multiplicative effect of different dimensions of fit and elucidating the underlying mechanism.