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An empirical comparison of direct and indirect measures of person-organization (P-O) fit

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Person-organization (P-O) fit is an important concept for understanding the attitudes and behavior of individuals in organizations, in general, and information technology (IT) professionals, in particular. The objective of this paper is to examine a controversial issue related to the measurement of P-O fit. We explain the controversy and empirically investigate it using a sample of IT professionals.

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    SIGMIS CPR '05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research
    April 2005
    166 pages
    ISBN:1595930116
    DOI:10.1145/1055973
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