%0 Journal Article
%T K¨¹lt¨¹rel De erler ve Ki i  rg¨¹t -Ki i    Uyumu  li kisi: Kavramsal Bir  er eve
%A Mert AKTA£¿
%J Selcuk Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi
%D 2011
%I 
%X Person environment fit is an important topic with in the field of organizational behavior. And it gained special attention as aresearch topic relatively in recent years. Under the umbrella of general concept of person environment fit, individuals fit withdifferent work environment dimensions are researched. These work environment dimensions are person organization fit, personsupervisor fit, person group fit and person job fit. Of the various dimensions of the person environment fit person organizationand person job fit appears to be the most important and most researched dimensions of person environment fit Personorganization fit is mainly the compatibility of individuals¡¯ wit values of the organization. In other words it¡¯s the match ormismatch between the organizational culture and the individual values. Person job fit on the other hand is the compatibility ofindividual and the job. In other words it is the match between knowledge skills and abilities that a job requires and the individualposses. It is well documented a higher match between the organization, the job and the individual will yield positive workoutcomes such as higher organizational commitment, satisfaction, citizenship behavior and lower negative outcomes such asintent to leave and actual turnover. In the person environment fit research stream the conceptual distinctiveness of personenvironment fit is also investigated in many research articles. Although there has been an important amount of researchinvestigating the person organization and person job fit with a focus on outcomes of person organization and person job fit andconceptual distinctiveness of person environment fit concepts, the literature lack of a cultural flavor. Therefore in this researchthe impact of individualist collectivist values on person organization and person job fit and their outcomes relationship isinvestigated. In this conceptual research paper, first of all, person organization and person job fit research and outcomes ofperson organization and person job fit is analyzed. Secondly the literature about cultural values particularly individualist andcollectivist values is documented. And thirdly a conceptual framework is put forward by basing on person environment fit andcultural values literature. As a result of theoretical analysis, it is argued that for the people who are higher on individualist valuesfitting with job is more important. Because, individuals who are high on individualist values have higher achievement motivationand therefore the match between their skills and with the job will be more important f
%K Cultural values
%K person organization
%K person job fit (research)
%U http://www.sosyalbil.selcuk.edu.tr/sos_mak/articles/2011/26/2.PDF