TY - JOUR
T1 - Group importance as a mediator between personality-environment congruence and satisfaction
AU - Meir, Elchanan I.
AU - Keinan, Giora
AU - Segal, Zwi
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported in this article was supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation received through the Israeli Foundation’s Trustees. Requests for reprints should be sent to Professor Elchanan I. Meir, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69 978, Tel Aviv POB 39040, Israel.
PY - 1986/2
Y1 - 1986/2
N2 - According to J. L. Holland (1985, Making vocational choices: A theory of vocational personalities and work environments, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall), there is a positive relationship between personality-environment congruence and satisfaction. The variable "group importance" was used in the present study as a mediator to explain why in some studies Holland's hypothesis was confirmed while in others no support was found. Group importance was measured by an inventory (reliability: .85) and by raters. Spearman rank order correlations between these measures of importance and congruence-satisfaction correlations were .68 (15 groups, p < .01) and .77 (23 groups, p < .01), respectively. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
AB - According to J. L. Holland (1985, Making vocational choices: A theory of vocational personalities and work environments, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall), there is a positive relationship between personality-environment congruence and satisfaction. The variable "group importance" was used in the present study as a mediator to explain why in some studies Holland's hypothesis was confirmed while in others no support was found. Group importance was measured by an inventory (reliability: .85) and by raters. Spearman rank order correlations between these measures of importance and congruence-satisfaction correlations were .68 (15 groups, p < .01) and .77 (23 groups, p < .01), respectively. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0001-8791(86)90040-0
DO - 10.1016/0001-8791(86)90040-0
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AN - SCOPUS:38249043127
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 28
SP - 60
EP - 69
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 1
ER -