Publication Date

6-22-2021

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volume

20

Issue

4

DOI

10.1027/1866-5888/a000280

Abstract

Drawing on the person–organization fit theory, we investigate how the value congruence between employees’ collectivist values and their perception of organizational collectivism influences organizational embeddedness. Based on a survey of 515 working adults, the polynomial regression and response surface analysis results support that embeddedness is highest in the presence of both high individual and organizational collectivism. Additionally, the smaller the discrepancy between the two perceptions, the more embedded the employees. Our study contributes to the cultural perspectives in the organizational embeddedness research by theorizing and measuring the impact of collectivism at the individual level. The findings also contribute to the person–organization fit theory by identifying a value congruence approach to organizational embeddedness.

Keywords

Organizational embeddedness, cultural values, organizational collectivism, value congruence

Comments

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Global Innovation and Leadership

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