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T Academy of Management Journal 1991, Vol. 34, No. 3, 487-516. People AND Organizational CULTURE: A Profile Comparison APPROACH TO. ASSESSING PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT. CHARLES A. O'REILLY III. University of California, Berkeley JENNIFER CHATMAN. Northwestern University DAVID F. CALDWELL. Santa Clara University This article brings together three current themes in Organizational be- havior: (1) a renewed interest in assessing person-situation interac- tional constructs, (2) the quantitative assessment of Organizational cul- ture, and (3) the application of "Q-sort," or template-matching, ap- proaches to assessing person-situation interactions. Using longitudinal data from accountants and students and cross-sectional data from employees of government agencies and public accounting firms, we developed and validated an instrument for assessing person- organization fit, the Organizational Culture Profile (OCP).
(e.g., Downey, Hellriegel, & Slocum, 1975). For example, the two major theo- ries of vocational choice (Holland, 1985; Super, 1957) both postulate that an individual will select a career or occupation that is similar to or that fits with that person's self-concept. Empirical results have typically supported the
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