What is it about?

This study created a new tool to better understand how well people fit their job, team, boss, and company. This “fit” affects work behavior, job satisfaction, and whether people want to stay. The tool helps predict these outcomes and improve workplace research.

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Why is it important?

Organizations can use our fit measures to spot mismatches between employees and their supervisors or teams. This helps managers understand work style or personality conflicts, guide training, redesign roles, and create a better fit for happier, more effective employees.

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This page is a summary of: Development of a Multidimensional Instrument of Person-Environment Fit: The Perceived Person-Environment Fit Scale (PPEFS), Applied Psychology, March 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/apps.12036.
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