Coventry University Fit Reading Group

This reading group comes together every month (apart from August and December) to discuss and critique seminal papers in the field of organisational fit and related topics. We are a group of people interested in the field of fit, even though most of us are fairly new to the subject. Hence, this reading group will begin with some of the most seminal articles in the field and during the first year (i.e. 2009-2010), we will chart the development of ideas in this field.

We meet at 2pm on the third Wednesday of every month for about an hour. The format is that we choose two papers (or one if the chosen one is particularly long) for each section (see below) and a different person takes the lead on the paper. This means producing a one page summary of the key points and using these to initiate a discussion on the paper.

Everyone and anyone is welcome. All we ask is that you come having read the papers being discussed that week.

Some follow-up papers have been posted to help guide the reading of people who get people who wish to read more on this theme. Please note, these are not required readings for any session.

Papers

13th July 2010

Baer, M. (2010) The Strength-of-Weak-Ties Perspective on Creativity: A Comprehensive Examination and Extension. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95 (3), 592-601.

Nyberg, A. (2010) Retaining Your High Performers: Moderators of the Performance-Job Satisfaction-Voluntary Turnover Relationship. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95 (3), 440-453. 

28th April 2010

Two chapter submissions to Kristof-Brown, A.L. and Billsberry, J. (Eds.) New Directions in Organizational Fit.

24th March 2010

Kelloway, E.K., Francis, L., Prosser, M. and Cameron, J.E. (2010). Counterproductive work behavior as protest. Human Resource Management Review, 20, 18-25. (Brenda)

Namini, S., Appel, C., Jürgensen, R. and Murken, S. (2010). How is well-being related to membership in new religious movements? An application of  person–environment fit theory. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 59 (2), 181–201. (Suki) 

February 2010

No meeting as everyone concentrates on their Academy of Management reviews.

January 2010

Cable, D.M. and Judge, T.A. (1996). Person-organization fit, job choice decisions, and organizational entry. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 67, 294-311. (TBC)

Rynes, S.L. and Gerhart, B. (1990). Interviewer assessments of applicant “fit”: An exploratory investigation. Personnel Psychology, 43, 13-35. (TBC)

Follow-up reading: Cable, D.M. and Judge, T.A. (1997). Interviewer perceptions of person-organization fit and organizational selection decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82, 546-561.

25th November 2009

Kristof-Brown, A.L., Zimmerman, R.D. and Johnson, E.C. (2005). Consequences of individuals’ fit at work: A meta-analysis of person–job, person–organization, person–group, and person–supervisor fit. Personnel Psychology, 58, 281-342. (TBC)

Bowen, D.E., Ledford, G.E. and Nathan, B.R. (1991). Hiring for the organization, not the job. Academy of Management Executive, 5, 35-51. (TBC)

28th October 2009

Kristof, A.L. (1996). Person-organization fit: An integrative review of its conceptualizations, measurement, and implications. Personnel Psychology, 49, 1-49. (TBC)

Follow-up reading: Schneider, B., Kristof, A.L., Goldstein, H.W. and Smith, D.B. (1997). What is this thing called fit? In N.R. Anderson and P. Herriot (Eds.) Handbook of Selection and Appraisal. 2nd edn. (pp. 393-412). London: Wiley. 

23rd September 2009

Chatman, J. (1989). Improving interactional organizational research: A model of person-organization fit. Academy of Management Review, 14, 333-349. (Gary)

O'Reilly, C.A., III, Chatman, J. and Caldwell, D.F. (1991). People and organizational culture: A profile comparison approach to assessing person–organization fit. Academy of Management Journal, 34, 487-516. (TBC)

Follow-up reading: Chatman, J. (1991). Matching people and organizations: Selection and socialization in public accounting firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 36, 459-484.

24th June 2009

Schneider, B. (1987). The people make the place. Personnel Psychology, 40, 437-453. (Suki)

Schneider, B., Goldstein, H.W. and Smith, D.B. (1995). The ASA framework: An update. Personnel Psychology, 48, 747-773. (Jon)

Follow-up reading I: Dickson, M.W., Resick, C.J. and Goldstein, H. (2008) Seeking explanation in people, not the results of their behavior: Twenty-plus years of the Attraction-Selection-Attrition model. In D.B. Smith (Ed.) The People Make the Place: Dynamic Linkages Between Individuals and Organizations. (pp. 5-36) New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.