Green values at work : an investigation of person-organization congruence

Person-organization fit (P-0 fit) has been studied widely over the past few\ud decades because of its impact on important organizational outcomes such as job\ud satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions. Environmental\ud issues are increasingly important to organizations and employees, but virtually no\ud research has been conducted investigating fit in terms of environmental values.\ud This study is trying to close this gap. Hierarchical regression analysis was used\ud to test if environmental value congruence adds value to the general P-0 fit model\ud in predicting job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions.\ud Results showed that it does in fact add value when investigating job satisfaction\ud and organizational commitment. Additionally, independent samples t-tests were\ud conducted to investigate age or cultural differences in the importance associated\ud with environmental value congruence and the expectations employees have in\ud terms of environmentally sustainable behavior. This study found that German\ud employees find environmental value congruence more important than American\ud employees