TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding newcomers' adaptability and work-related outcomes
T2 - Testing the mediating roles of perceived P-E fit variables
AU - Wang, Mo
AU - Zhan, Yujie
AU - Mccune, Elizabeth
AU - Truxillo, Donald
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Using longitudinal data from a Chinese newcomer sample (N= 671), we investigated the predictive effects of adaptability on newcomers' work-related outcomes. Specifically, we tested 4 perceived P-E fit variables (i.e., P-O fit, needs-supplies fit, demands-abilities fit, and P-G fit) as mediators between adaptability variables and newcomers' work-related outcomes. Our results showed that after controlling for demographic effects and other personality variables (i.e., proactive personality and openness to experience), newcomers' adaptability dimensions (i.e., cultural adaptability, work stress adaptability, interpersonal adaptability, and learning adaptability) were differentially associated with improvement in newcomers' P-E fit perceptions over a 3-month time period. In turn, the perceived P-E fit variables were related to the newcomers' work-related outcomes (i.e., job performance, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions), after controlling for the socialization process variables (i.e., institutionalized socialization experience, role clarity, and job-related self-efficacy). The mediating roles of perceived P-E fit variables were also confirmed. Both theoretical and practical implications in terms of adaptability, newcomer adaptation processes, and P-E fit are discussed.
AB - Using longitudinal data from a Chinese newcomer sample (N= 671), we investigated the predictive effects of adaptability on newcomers' work-related outcomes. Specifically, we tested 4 perceived P-E fit variables (i.e., P-O fit, needs-supplies fit, demands-abilities fit, and P-G fit) as mediators between adaptability variables and newcomers' work-related outcomes. Our results showed that after controlling for demographic effects and other personality variables (i.e., proactive personality and openness to experience), newcomers' adaptability dimensions (i.e., cultural adaptability, work stress adaptability, interpersonal adaptability, and learning adaptability) were differentially associated with improvement in newcomers' P-E fit perceptions over a 3-month time period. In turn, the perceived P-E fit variables were related to the newcomers' work-related outcomes (i.e., job performance, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions), after controlling for the socialization process variables (i.e., institutionalized socialization experience, role clarity, and job-related self-efficacy). The mediating roles of perceived P-E fit variables were also confirmed. Both theoretical and practical implications in terms of adaptability, newcomer adaptation processes, and P-E fit are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01205.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01205.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951624772
SN - 0031-5826
VL - 64
SP - 163
EP - 189
JO - Personnel Psychology
JF - Personnel Psychology
IS - 1
ER -