Fit With Both Supervisors and Organizations

Abstract. Person–environment fit is of great importance in organizational behavior research. Drawing from the relations between employees, supervisors, and organizations, this study discusses how the relation between person–organization fit (P–O fit) and person–supervisor fit (P–S fit) affects employees' attitudes and performance. We conducted a field study of 247 employees to test our hypotheses via regression analysis. The results indicate that P–O fit and P–S fit have a positive interactive effect rather than independent effects on employees' organizational commitment. In addition, organizational commitment mediates the interactive relation between fit and employee role-based performance (i.e., job role performance and career role performance). This study sheds light on research into P–E fit by highlighting the multiplicative effect of different dimensions of fit and elucidating the underlying mechanism.