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PERCEIVED SIMILARITY TO EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTION: AN EXAMINATION IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY

Devendorf, Shelba A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1131386002

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2005, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
Research suggests that characteristics of organizational members often define the organization. However, most research on person-organization fit focuses on comparisons between individual characteristics and organizational characteristics, rather than comparisons between the individual and the organization’s employees. We suggest that a person-to-person approach may be more meaningful. In the current study, similarity between participants and stereotypical employees at well-know retail stores was assessed, and participants rated their attraction to each of those stores. Both objective and subjective measures of applicant-employee fit were found to predict perceptions of organizational attractiveness beyond the influence of pay.
Scott Highhouse (Advisor)
56 p.
Psychology, Industrial
person-organization fit; employee; organizational attraction; similarity

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  • Devendorf, S. A. (2005). PERCEIVED SIMILARITY TO EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTION: AN EXAMINATION IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1131386002

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Devendorf, Shelba. PERCEIVED SIMILARITY TO EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTION: AN EXAMINATION IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY. 2005. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1131386002.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Devendorf, Shelba. "PERCEIVED SIMILARITY TO EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTION: AN EXAMINATION IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1131386002

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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