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Description
This measure (Perceived Person-Organization Fit) was developed by Lovelace and Rosen (1996). It assesses perceived person-organization fit by directly asking respondents for the degree of fit between their own personal values, ethics, goals, and objectives and those of the organization for which they work.
Reliability
Coefficient alpha was .92. A factor analysis of the 14 items showed that they all loaded on a single factor (Lovelace & Rosen, 1996).
Validity
Person-organization fit correlated positively with job satisfaction, direct feedback, and age. Person-organization fit correlated negatively with perceived stress and intentions to leave (Lovelace & Rosen, 1996).
Source
Lovelace, K., & Rosen, B. (1996). Differences in achieving person organization fit among diverse groups of managers. Journal of Management, 22(5), 703-722. Items were taken from text, p. 708. Copyright© 1996. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier Science.
Scale items
Responses are obtained on a 7-pointLikert-type scale where 1 = very poor fit and 7 = very good fit.
Instructions: Employees are directed to “describe the fit between your values and the organization’s values.”
These assessments are made for the following 14 items:
- Values
- Ethics
- Goals and objectives
- Skills
- Attitudes
- Participation in extracurricular activities
- Interactions with co-workers
- Outside interests
- Work-family balance
- Politics
- Religion
- Definition of career success
- Dress
- Personal style
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Mohammed Looti, PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES (2023) Perceived Person-Organization Fit. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/perceived-person-organization-fit/. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31575.96163