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Matching People and Organizations: Selection and Socialization in Public Accounting Firms

Administrative science quarterly, 1991-09, Vol.36 (3), p.459-484 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 1991 Cornell University ;Copyright Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration Sep 1991 ;ISSN: 0001-8392 ;EISSN: 1930-3815 ;DOI: 10.2307/2393204 ;CODEN: ASCQAG

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Title:
Matching People and Organizations: Selection and Socialization in Public Accounting Firms
Author: Chatman, Jennifer A.
Subjects: Accountants ; Accounting ; Accounting firms ; Applied psychology ; Assessed values ; Auditors ; Business ; Careers ; Congruence (Psychology) ; Corporate culture ; Corporations ; Cultural values ; Entry level ; Human resource management ; Human resources ; Job satisfaction ; Mentors ; Organization ; Organizational Behavior ; Organizational Culture ; Organizational Structure ; Organizations ; Personnel ; Personnel Selection ; Public accounting ; Q sort ; Social perception ; Social research ; Socialization ; Statistical analysis ; Studies ; United States of America ; Values ; Work Organization
Is Part Of: Administrative science quarterly, 1991-09, Vol.36 (3), p.459-484
Description: To investigate how the fit of an employee with his or her organization as a whole is established and maintained and what the consequences are in organizations, this study tracked the early careers of 171 entry-level auditors in eight of the largest U.S. public accounting firms and assessed the congruence of their values with those of the organization. Person-organization fit is shown to be created, in part, by selection (assessments of who the person is when he or she enters the organization) and socialization (how the organization influences the person's values, attitudes, and behaviors during membership. Results show some support for three general hypotheses: First, recruits whose values, when they enter, match those of the firm adjust to it more quickly; second, those who experience the most vigorous socialization fit the firm's values better than those who do not; and third, recruits whose values most closely match the firm's feel most satisfied and intend to and actually remain with it longer.
Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0001-8392
EISSN: 1930-3815
DOI: 10.2307/2393204
CODEN: ASCQAG
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Matching People and Organizations: Selection and Socialization in Public Accounting Firms

Copyright 1991 Cornell University ;Copyright Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration Sep 1991 ;ISSN: 0001-8392 ;EISSN: 1930-3815 ;DOI: 10.2307/2393204 ;CODEN: ASCQAG

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