El ajuste personal-organización: una revisión crítica de sus problemas teóricos y metodólogicos y de los estudios empíricos

• Autores: Carmen Ximénez Gómez
• Localización: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology, ISSN 1576-5962, Vol. 15, Nº 1, 1999, págs. 97-120
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    En este artículo se presenta una visión general de la línea de investigación del ajuste persona-organización (o ajuste P-O) y su distinción de otras modalidades de ajuste persona-ambiente.Asimismo, se ofrece una revisión crítica de los principales problemas teóricos y metodológi-cos que plantea, con especial atención en la definición y medida del ajuste P-O y en la metodología empleada para estudiar diferentes modelos sobre la relación funcional entre el ajusteP-O, sus componentes y un resultado en el trabajo. Finalmente se presenta una revisión de losestudios empíricos publicados hasta el momento y la forma en que han abordado los problemas teóricos y metodológicos.

  • English

    This paper presents an outline of the research on the person-organization fit (P-O fit) in com-parison with other kinds of person-environment fits. Also a critical review is presented of themajor theoretical and methodological concerns. A special emphasis is made on the concep-tualization and measurement of P-O fit as well as on the methodology for the study of thevarious frameworks about the functional relationship between P-O fit, its components and awork outcome. Finally, a review is offered of empirical studies undertaken so far, and of theway they have faced theoretical and methodological problems.

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