Is job search related to employment quality? It all depends on the fit.

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In this longitudinal study on job search, fit perceptions, and employment quality, 113 graduates completed surveys prior to organizational entry and 4 months after entry. Job search behavior and career planning were positively related to pre-entry person-job (P-J) and person-organization (P-O) fit perceptions, and pre-entry P-J fit perceptions mediated the relationship between career planning and postentry P-J fit perceptions. P-J and P-O fit perceptions were positively related to job and organizational attitudes, and pre-entry P-J fit perceptions mediated the relationship between career planning and job attitudes. Further, the relationships between pre-entry fit perceptions and employment quality were mediated by postentry fit perceptions. These results indicate that P-J and P-O fit perceptions play an important role in linking job search to employment quality.

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Author/s: Saks, Alan M (AM); Ashforth, Blake E (BE);

Affiliation: Division of Management, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. saks(-atsign-)utsc.utoronto.ca

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of applied psychology (J Appl Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 87 (issue 4) : pp 646-54

Dates: Created 2002/08/19; Completed 2002/09/06; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12184569, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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