Coventry University Fit Reading Group

This reading group comes together every month (apart from August) to discuss and critique papers in the field of organisational behaviour and related topics. We are a group of people interested in the field, even though most of us are fairly new to research.

Although we try and meet at 1pm on the third Wednesday of every month for about two hours, teaching and administrative pressures are making this an aspiration rather than a 'set in stone' arrangement. Indeed, we are currently thinking about making the Reading Group an 'out of term time' activity to reflect the pressures on colleagues.

The format is that we choose two papers (or one if the chosen one is particularly long) for each section (see below) and sometimes someone person takes the lead on the paper; other times we have an open discussion.

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

26th January 2011 (Sorry, postponed. Rescheduling to be arranged)

Ramesh, A. and Gelfand, M.J. (2010) Will they stay or will they go? The role of job embeddedness in
predicting turnover in individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95 (5), 807-823.

Shipp, A. and Jansen, K.J. (2011) Reinterpreting time in fit theory: Crafting and recrafting narratives of fit in media res. Academy of Management Review, 36 (1).

15th December 2010

[Postponed due to conflict with Fit Conference (8th & 9th) and the Away Day (16th)]

20th October 2010 (1pm-3pm; WMG017)

Funder, D.C. (2009) Person, behaviors and situations: An agenda for personality psychology in the postwar era. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 120-126. 

Judge, T.A. and Cable, D.M. (in press) When it comes to pay, do the thin win? The effect of weight on pay for men and women. Journal of Applied Psychology. 

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.