Person-Organization Fit Research: Importance in Exploratory Projects

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Abstract
Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) is a concept that identifies the compatibility between an
organization and its employees. This concept can mean that employees are supplying a need to
their organization, similar values are shared amongst the organization’s staff, or there exist
meaningful relationships between the organizational staff. There exist a meaningful relationship
between Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) and employee turnover, job performance, and
employee work attitudes which is based on Attraction-Selection-Attrition theory. For employees
to develop motivation and enthusiasm in working for a particular organization, they need to be
attracted to organizations that have values that favor their individual aspirations to the extent that
the employees are actually congruent with the organization. In exploratory projects which are
mainly used for research on future innovative ideas and concepts, the concept of Person-
Organization fit (P-O fit) is important because it ensures that project outcomes are firmly
established because the organizational staffs have interests and values that are tied to the
organization’s objectives. This concept also ensures that employees work in teams to achieve
optimal goals, work in a simulative environment to the extent that they enjoy work, and that they
stay longer for a long time in the organization.

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Introduction
Research Overview
Scholarly research suggests that employees and organizations work best when they share
similar values, interests, and when their needs are aligned. The manifestations of this alignment
are what results in Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) which represents employee retention,
commitment, and satisfaction. Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) is a concept that can be used to
examine how an employee interacts with his subordinates, supervisors, and other co-workers.
This is why Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) is important in terms of teamwork where
communication and co-operation depend on the alignment of needs and values for project
execution. This paper will research the roles and functions of exploratory projects and the
relationship between Person-Organization fit (P-O fit), Innovative Work Behavior (IWB). The
paper will also investigate the impact of the Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA) theory as a
mediator of the relationship between the variables.
Research Background
This research Study will be based on a Case Study of UAE Space Agency to test the
validity of the principles mentioned and proposed which is the relationship between Person-
Organization fit (P-O fit), Innovative Work Behavior (IWB), and the roles and functions of
exploratory projects. The study will explore UAE Space Agency’s history of exploratory projects
to identify how the concept of Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) related to Innovative Work
Behavior (IWB) in the success of the organization’s exploratory team projects. The UAE Space
Agency was created in 2014 with the goal of fostering, developing, and regulating a universal
space center in the UAE through investments, partnerships, space research, and exploration. The

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agency has launched four commercial satellites since its inception which were part of a transfer
program with South Korean Satrec Initiative.
Research Problem
The research will be an analysis of correlations on how the UAE Space Agency’s
employees utilized Person-Organization fit (P-O fit), and Innovative Work Behavior (IWB) for
successful exploratory projects that led to the launching of four satellites as well as how the
agency is improving the concepts for their success in future exploratory projects. Also, based on
the Attraction-Selection-Attrition theory, this research will seek to answer how the agency is able
to recruit employees, and partners that share the same values and interests with the organization.
The research will also try to answer if consolidation of the agency’s culture was in any way
impacted by Person-Organization fit (P-O fit), and Innovative Work Behavior (IWB).
Research Purpose and Objectives
The purpose and objective of this research paper are to identify if employees are attracted
to organizations that have attributes, values, and interests that are similar to theirs. The other
objective is to identify how organizations are able to select employees with skills, knowledge,
and abilities that are more likely to consolidate with the attributes of existing employees for
effective team-work. The overall objective of the paper is to make people understand the concept
of Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) and its critical importance in the HR department as a tool and
methodology for employee recruitment and retention. The paper will finally analyze how Person-
Organization fit relates to effective opportunity exploration, idea generation, idea promotion, to
its implementation in Innovative Work Behavior (IWB).