Curvilinear relationships in person‐environment fit research: Is there evidence for a too‐much‐of‐a‐good‐thing effect?
本研究挑战了人-环境匹配研究中“匹配越多越好”的传统观点，发现匹配与情感性工作结果呈线性关系，但与行为性结果呈曲线关系，即存在“好过头反成坏事”效应。
Abstract In this paper, we revisit this well‐established linear relationship of person‐organisation, demands‐abilities, and needs‐supply fit with job satisfaction, commitment, and OCBs, and propose that this relationship may be linear for affective work outcomes but curvilinear for behavioural ones. We test this idea in a two‐wave sample of 212 employees, with measures taken 4 weeks apart. The results support the idea that the relationship between fit and behavioural outcomes can, indeed, be curvilinear. Overall, this study contributes to a better understanding of the nature of the relationship between fit and work outcomes by challenging the long‐held ‘more fit is better’ logic that pervades much of the PE fit research to date.