The Use of Person–Group Fit for Employment Selection: A Missing Link in Person–Environment Fit

✍ Scribed by James D. Werbel; Danny J. Johnson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 146 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4848
• DOI: 10.1002/hrm.1013

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Given an increased emphasis on work teams in organizations, it is important to select applicants based on their
ability to make contributions to a given work team. This paper proposes that person–group fit should be
useful to select applicants for work teams and suggests that effective use of person–group fit will create
both more cohesive work units and more effectively functioning work units. It proposes ways to make valid and
reliable assessments of person–group fit that could be used to minimize bias in the selection process.
Finally, it addresses several implications of using the person–group fit paradigm for human resource
management practice. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.