Document Type
Dissertation
Major/Program
Psychology
First Advisor's Name
Chockalingam Viswesvaran
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Nathan Hiller
Third Advisor's Name
Victoria Pace
Fourth Advisor's Name
Jesse Michel
Keywords
Applicant attraction, need for achievement, person-organization fit, valence-instrumentality-expectancy theory, organizational personality
Date of Defense
6-16-2010
Abstract
This research explored the thesis that organizational personality is related to applicants’ attraction to an organization through a process which involves need motivation, expectancy beliefs, and applicants’ perceptions of person-organization fit. Organizational personality may be defined as a collection of trait-like characteristics that individuals use to describe organizational practices, policies, values, and culture. Specifically, this research investigated the hypothesis that organizational personality information is useful to applicants because it helps individuals to determine their perceptions of fit. A sample of students (N = 198) and working adults (N = 198) participated in an online experiment. Findings indicated that individuals’ beliefs about the instrumentality of desirable work related outcomes are essential to determining their perceptions of fit and organizational attraction. Additionally, organizational personality perceptions interacted with need motivation to affect perceptions of fit and organizational attraction. For instance, perceptions of fit mediated the influence of the interaction between need for achievement and perceptions of innovativeness on organizational attraction. The interaction of need motivation and perceptions of organizational personality helped individuals to better determine their perceptions of fit and subsequent attraction toward organizations.
Identifier
FI10081002
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Paul J., "Assessing the influence of organizational personality, applicants’ need motivation, expectancy beliefs, and person-organization fit on applicant attraction." (2010). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 247.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/247
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