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The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University

Yıl 2021, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 2, 461 - 477, 31.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.1041275

Öz

The purpose of this study is to determine the mediating role of person-organization fit on the effect of organizational alignment on job satisfaction of academic and administrative personnel, based on the theory of person-organization fit. For this purpose, the research is carried out on 141 personnel working at a state university. SPSS Process Macro is used to test the research hypotheses. According to the findings obtained from the research data, organizational alignment has a significant effect on increasing the degree of person-organization fit in organizations. Organizational alignment and person-organization fit have positive and significant effects on job satisfaction. Finally, the person-organization fit has a mediating role in the effect of organizational alignment on the job satisfaction of academic and administrative personnel.

Kaynakça

  • Agho, A. O., Price, J. L. and Mueller, C. W. (1992). Discriminant validity of measures of job satisfaction, positive affectivity, and negative affectivity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 65(3), 185-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.1992.tb00496.x
  • Alagaraja, M. and Shuck, B. (2015). Exploring Organizational Alignment-Employee Engagement Linkages and Impact on Individual Performance: A Conceptual Model. Human Resource Development Re-view,14(1),17-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484314549455.
  • Alignment. (2021). In Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/tr/
  • Aziri B. (2011). Job satisfaction: A literature review. Management Research and Practice 3(4), 77-86.
  • Baron, R. M. and Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychologi-cal research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1173-1182. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.51.6.1173.
  • Bezos, J. P. (2021, April 15). Letter to Shareholders [Web Page Post]. Retrieved from https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2020-letter-to-shareholders.
  • Bojadziev, M., Tomovska, A., Stefonovska, M. and Nikolovska, Z. (2011). Vox Organizationis – Theoreti-cal Basis and Methodological Considerations in the Development of an Instrument for Organiza-tional Culture, MPRA, Munich Personal RePec Archive.
  • Barrett, R. (2002). Implementing cultural transformation: building a vision guided values driven organi-sation. New York: Routledge
  • Brayfield, A. H. and Rothe, H. F. (1951). An index of job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 35(5), 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0055617
  • Cable, D. M. and Judge, T. A. (1996). Person–organization fit, job choice decisions, and organizational entry. Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, 67(3), 294-311. https://doi.org/10.1006/obhd.1996.0081.
  • Cable, D. M. and DeRue, D. S. (2002). The convergent and discriminant validity of subjective fit percep-tions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(5), 875-884. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.87.5.875.
  • Cable, D. M. and Edwards, J. R. (2004). Complementary and supplementary fit: a theoretical and empir-ical integration. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(5), 822-834. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.5.822.
  • Chatman, J. A. (1989). Improving interactional organizational research: A model of person-organization fit. Academy of Management Review, 14, 333-349. https://doi.org/10.2307/258171.
  • Crotts, C. J., Ford, R. C., Heung, V. C. and Ngai, E. W. (2009). Organizational Alignment and Hospitality Firm Performance. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 3(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506180910940306.
  • Çağlar, İ. (2013). Küresel Normlu Çağdaş Değişim Yönetimi Aracı Olarak Örgüt Geliştirme, Ankara: No-bel Yayıncılık.
  • Daft, R. L. (2007). Management. Thomson Higher Education Eight Edition.
  • Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J. and Anderson. R. E. (2014). Multivariate Data Analysis: Pearson New International Edition (7th ed.). Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
  • Hayes, A. F. (2018). Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis, Second Edition: A Regression-Based Approach. New York: The Guilford Press.
  • Heskett, J. L., Jones, T. O., Loveman, G. W., Sasser, W. E. and Schlesinger, L. A. (1994). Putting the service-profit chain to work. Harvard Business Review, 72(2), 164-174.
  • Hoppock, R. (1935). Job satisfaction. New York: Harperand Brothers.
  • Judge, T. A. and Cable, D. M. (1997). Applicant personality, organizational culture, and organizational attraction. Personnel Psychology, 50, 359–394.
  • Karakurum, M. (2005). The effects of person-organization fit on employee job satisfaction, performance and organizational commitment in a Turkish Public Organization in (Master's thesis). Retrieved from: https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/
  • Kaliski, B.S. (2007). Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Detroit: Thompson Gale
  • Katzell, R. A., Barrett, R. S., and Parker, T. C. (1961). Job satisfaction, job performance, and situational characteristics. Journal of Applied Psychology, 45(2), 65–72.
  • Koçel, T. (2007). İşletme Yöneticiliği. Arıkan Yayınevi 11. Baskı İstanbul.
  • Kotnour, T., Barton, S., Jennings, J. and Bridges, R. D. (1998). Understanding and leading large-scale change at the kennedy space center, Engineering Management Journal, 10(2), 17-21.
  • Kristof, A. L. (1996). Person‐organization fit: An integrative review of its conceptualizations, measure-ment, and implications. Personnel Psychology, 49(1), 1-49.
  • Kristof-Brown, A. L., Zimmerman, R. D. and Johnson, E. C. (2005). Consequences of individual's fit at work: A meta-analysis of person-job, person-organization, person-group, and person-supervisor fit. Personnel Psychology, 58(2), 281–342.
  • Labovitz, G. and Rosansky, V. (1997). The Power of Alignment: How Great Companies Stay Centered and Accomplish Extraordinary Things. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Lange, P. D. and Coltham, B. (2005). Organizational Change Management and Alignment: A Health Care Case Study. https://doi.org/10.1002/pfi.4140440308
  • Liu, B., Liu, J. and Hu, J. (2010). Person-organization fit, job satisfaction, and turnover intention: An empirical study in the Chinese public sector. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Jour-nal, 38(5), 615-625.
  • Locke, E.A. (1976) The Nature and Causes of Job Satisfaction. In: Dunnette, M.D., (Ed.), Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 1(1297-1343). Chicago, IL: Rand McNally College Pub.
  • Meglino, B. M. and Ravlin, E. C. (1998). Individual values in organizations: Concepts, controversies, and research. Journal of Management, 24(3), 351-389.
  • Middleton P. and Harper K. (2004). Organizational Alignment: A Precondition for Information Systems Success? Journal of Change Management, 4(4), 327-338.
  • Mishra, P. K. (2013). Job Satisfaction. Journal Of Humanities and Social Science 14(5), 45-54
  • Özdemirci, A. (2010). Strateji Sürecinin Planlılık Düzeyi, Liderlik Stilleri ve Çevresel Koşulların Örgütsel Uyumlanma Üzerindeki Etkisi: ISO’ya Bağlı İşletmeler Üzerinde Bir Araştırma. (Master's thesis). Re-trieved from: https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/
  • Özdemirci, A. (2011). Stratejik Liderlik ve Örgütsel Uyumlanma. Beta Yayınevi 1. Baskı İstanbul.
  • Preacher, K. J. and Hayes, A. F. (2008). Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and com-paring indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior Research Methods, 40(3), 879-891.
  • Sekiguchi, T. (2004). Person-organization fit, and person-job fit in employee selection: A review of the literature. Osaka Keidai Ronshu, 54(6), 179-196.
  • Schneider, B. and Snyder, R. A. (1975). Some relationships between job satisfaction and organization climate. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60(3), 318–328.
  • Schneider, B. (1987). The people make the place. Personnel Psychology. 40, 437-454.
  • Semler, S. W. (1997). Systematic agreement: a theory of organizational alignment. Human Resources Development Quarterly. 8(1), 23-40.
  • Silverthorne, C. (2004). The impact of organizational culture and person‐organization fit on organiza-tional commitment and job satisfaction in Taiwan. Leadership and Organization Development Jour-nal. 25(7), 592-599. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730410561477
  • Tabachnick, B. G. and Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics (6th ed.) Boston: Pearson.
  • Tosti, D. and Jackson, S. F. (2000). Organizational alignment. Retrieved from http://ww.ichangeworld.com/docs/icwoa0303.pdf
  • Verquer, M. L., Beehr, T. A. and Wagner, S. H. (2003). A meta-analysis of relations between person-organization fit and work attitudes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63(3), 473–489.
  • Vroom, V.H. (1964). Work and motivation. Wiley.
  • Zhao, X., Lynch Jr, J. G. and Chen, Q. (2010). Reconsidering Baron and Kenny: Myths and truths about mediation analysis. Journal of Consumer Research, 37(2), 197-206.
  • Yahyagil, M. Y. (2005). Birey ve organizasyon uyumu ve çalışanlarin iş tutumlarına etkisi[Person-organization fit and its influence on the work related attitudes of employess]. Öneri Dergisi, 6(24), 137-149.

The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University

Yıl 2021, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 2, 461 - 477, 31.12.2021
https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.1041275

Öz

The aim of this study is to determine the mediating role of person-organization fit on the effect of organizational alignment on job satisfaction of academic and administrative personnel, based on the theory of person-organization fit. For this purpose, the research is carried out on 141 personnel working at a state university. SPSS Process Macro is used to test the research hypotheses. According to the findings obtained from the research data, organizational alignment has a significant effect on increasing the degree of person-organization fit in organizations. Organizational alignment and person-organization fit have positive and significant effects on job satisfaction. Finally, the person-organization fit has a mediating role in the effect of organizational alignment on the job satisfaction of academic and administrative personnel.

Kaynakça

  • Agho, A. O., Price, J. L. and Mueller, C. W. (1992). Discriminant validity of measures of job satisfaction, positive affectivity, and negative affectivity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 65(3), 185-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.1992.tb00496.x
  • Alagaraja, M. and Shuck, B. (2015). Exploring Organizational Alignment-Employee Engagement Linkages and Impact on Individual Performance: A Conceptual Model. Human Resource Development Re-view,14(1),17-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484314549455.
  • Alignment. (2021). In Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/tr/
  • Aziri B. (2011). Job satisfaction: A literature review. Management Research and Practice 3(4), 77-86.
  • Baron, R. M. and Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychologi-cal research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1173-1182. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.51.6.1173.
  • Bezos, J. P. (2021, April 15). Letter to Shareholders [Web Page Post]. Retrieved from https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2020-letter-to-shareholders.
  • Bojadziev, M., Tomovska, A., Stefonovska, M. and Nikolovska, Z. (2011). Vox Organizationis – Theoreti-cal Basis and Methodological Considerations in the Development of an Instrument for Organiza-tional Culture, MPRA, Munich Personal RePec Archive.
  • Barrett, R. (2002). Implementing cultural transformation: building a vision guided values driven organi-sation. New York: Routledge
  • Brayfield, A. H. and Rothe, H. F. (1951). An index of job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 35(5), 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0055617
  • Cable, D. M. and Judge, T. A. (1996). Person–organization fit, job choice decisions, and organizational entry. Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, 67(3), 294-311. https://doi.org/10.1006/obhd.1996.0081.
  • Cable, D. M. and DeRue, D. S. (2002). The convergent and discriminant validity of subjective fit percep-tions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(5), 875-884. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.87.5.875.
  • Cable, D. M. and Edwards, J. R. (2004). Complementary and supplementary fit: a theoretical and empir-ical integration. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(5), 822-834. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.5.822.
  • Chatman, J. A. (1989). Improving interactional organizational research: A model of person-organization fit. Academy of Management Review, 14, 333-349. https://doi.org/10.2307/258171.
  • Crotts, C. J., Ford, R. C., Heung, V. C. and Ngai, E. W. (2009). Organizational Alignment and Hospitality Firm Performance. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 3(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506180910940306.
  • Çağlar, İ. (2013). Küresel Normlu Çağdaş Değişim Yönetimi Aracı Olarak Örgüt Geliştirme, Ankara: No-bel Yayıncılık.
  • Daft, R. L. (2007). Management. Thomson Higher Education Eight Edition.
  • Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J. and Anderson. R. E. (2014). Multivariate Data Analysis: Pearson New International Edition (7th ed.). Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
  • Hayes, A. F. (2018). Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis, Second Edition: A Regression-Based Approach. New York: The Guilford Press.
  • Heskett, J. L., Jones, T. O., Loveman, G. W., Sasser, W. E. and Schlesinger, L. A. (1994). Putting the service-profit chain to work. Harvard Business Review, 72(2), 164-174.
  • Hoppock, R. (1935). Job satisfaction. New York: Harperand Brothers.
  • Judge, T. A. and Cable, D. M. (1997). Applicant personality, organizational culture, and organizational attraction. Personnel Psychology, 50, 359–394.
  • Karakurum, M. (2005). The effects of person-organization fit on employee job satisfaction, performance and organizational commitment in a Turkish Public Organization in (Master's thesis). Retrieved from: https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/
  • Kaliski, B.S. (2007). Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Detroit: Thompson Gale
  • Katzell, R. A., Barrett, R. S., and Parker, T. C. (1961). Job satisfaction, job performance, and situational characteristics. Journal of Applied Psychology, 45(2), 65–72.
  • Koçel, T. (2007). İşletme Yöneticiliği. Arıkan Yayınevi 11. Baskı İstanbul.
  • Kotnour, T., Barton, S., Jennings, J. and Bridges, R. D. (1998). Understanding and leading large-scale change at the kennedy space center, Engineering Management Journal, 10(2), 17-21.
  • Kristof, A. L. (1996). Person‐organization fit: An integrative review of its conceptualizations, measure-ment, and implications. Personnel Psychology, 49(1), 1-49.
  • Kristof-Brown, A. L., Zimmerman, R. D. and Johnson, E. C. (2005). Consequences of individual's fit at work: A meta-analysis of person-job, person-organization, person-group, and person-supervisor fit. Personnel Psychology, 58(2), 281–342.
  • Labovitz, G. and Rosansky, V. (1997). The Power of Alignment: How Great Companies Stay Centered and Accomplish Extraordinary Things. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Lange, P. D. and Coltham, B. (2005). Organizational Change Management and Alignment: A Health Care Case Study. https://doi.org/10.1002/pfi.4140440308
  • Liu, B., Liu, J. and Hu, J. (2010). Person-organization fit, job satisfaction, and turnover intention: An empirical study in the Chinese public sector. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Jour-nal, 38(5), 615-625.
  • Locke, E.A. (1976) The Nature and Causes of Job Satisfaction. In: Dunnette, M.D., (Ed.), Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 1(1297-1343). Chicago, IL: Rand McNally College Pub.
  • Meglino, B. M. and Ravlin, E. C. (1998). Individual values in organizations: Concepts, controversies, and research. Journal of Management, 24(3), 351-389.
  • Middleton P. and Harper K. (2004). Organizational Alignment: A Precondition for Information Systems Success? Journal of Change Management, 4(4), 327-338.
  • Mishra, P. K. (2013). Job Satisfaction. Journal Of Humanities and Social Science 14(5), 45-54
  • Özdemirci, A. (2010). Strateji Sürecinin Planlılık Düzeyi, Liderlik Stilleri ve Çevresel Koşulların Örgütsel Uyumlanma Üzerindeki Etkisi: ISO’ya Bağlı İşletmeler Üzerinde Bir Araştırma. (Master's thesis). Re-trieved from: https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/
  • Özdemirci, A. (2011). Stratejik Liderlik ve Örgütsel Uyumlanma. Beta Yayınevi 1. Baskı İstanbul.
  • Preacher, K. J. and Hayes, A. F. (2008). Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and com-paring indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior Research Methods, 40(3), 879-891.
  • Sekiguchi, T. (2004). Person-organization fit, and person-job fit in employee selection: A review of the literature. Osaka Keidai Ronshu, 54(6), 179-196.
  • Schneider, B. and Snyder, R. A. (1975). Some relationships between job satisfaction and organization climate. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60(3), 318–328.
  • Schneider, B. (1987). The people make the place. Personnel Psychology. 40, 437-454.
  • Semler, S. W. (1997). Systematic agreement: a theory of organizational alignment. Human Resources Development Quarterly. 8(1), 23-40.
  • Silverthorne, C. (2004). The impact of organizational culture and person‐organization fit on organiza-tional commitment and job satisfaction in Taiwan. Leadership and Organization Development Jour-nal. 25(7), 592-599. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730410561477
  • Tabachnick, B. G. and Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics (6th ed.) Boston: Pearson.
  • Tosti, D. and Jackson, S. F. (2000). Organizational alignment. Retrieved from http://ww.ichangeworld.com/docs/icwoa0303.pdf
  • Verquer, M. L., Beehr, T. A. and Wagner, S. H. (2003). A meta-analysis of relations between person-organization fit and work attitudes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63(3), 473–489.
  • Vroom, V.H. (1964). Work and motivation. Wiley.
  • Zhao, X., Lynch Jr, J. G. and Chen, Q. (2010). Reconsidering Baron and Kenny: Myths and truths about mediation analysis. Journal of Consumer Research, 37(2), 197-206.
  • Yahyagil, M. Y. (2005). Birey ve organizasyon uyumu ve çalışanlarin iş tutumlarına etkisi[Person-organization fit and its influence on the work related attitudes of employess]. Öneri Dergisi, 6(24), 137-149.
Toplam 49 adet kaynakça vardır.

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Ahmet Mumcu 0000-0001-6610-5073

Yayımlanma Tarihi 31 Aralık 2021
Gönderilme Tarihi 27 Temmuz 2021
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2021 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 2

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APA Mumcu, A. (2021). The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 22(2), 461-477. https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.1041275
AMA Mumcu A. The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. Aralık 2021;22(2):461-477. doi:10.17494/ogusbd.1041275
Chicago Mumcu, Ahmet. “The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University”. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 22, sy. 2 (Aralık 2021): 461-77. https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.1041275.
EndNote Mumcu A (01 Aralık 2021) The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 22 2 461–477.
IEEE A. Mumcu, “The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University”, Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 22, sy. 2, ss. 461–477, 2021, doi: 10.17494/ogusbd.1041275.
ISNAD Mumcu, Ahmet. “The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University”. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 22/2 (Aralık 2021), 461-477. https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.1041275.
JAMA Mumcu A. The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2021;22:461–477.
MLA Mumcu, Ahmet. “The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University”. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 22, sy. 2, 2021, ss. 461-77, doi:10.17494/ogusbd.1041275.
Vancouver Mumcu A. The Mediating Role of Person-Organization Fit on The Effect of Organizational Alignment on Job Satisfaction: The Case of University. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2021;22(2):461-77.