An Examination of the Relationship Between Person-Organization Fit and Job Performance of Sri Lankan Banking Industry

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Senarath, Shanuka
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Banking system plays a major role in the economy and it affects the economy of a country. In Sri Lankan society banks play a major role too. Banks has employed a considerable number of people from the society and has a significant influence on the society. Banks recruit staff from various types of educational and social backgrounds. This study is an attempt to identify to what extent the bank employees have adopted to the organization and its culture, which identified as the "Person-Organization fit" (P-O Fit) and depending on the strength of the fit, the performance level of the employees, which at the end, affects the organizational performance, since the performance of banks is an important factor in the economy of the country. It was hypothesized that the person organization fit influences positively to the job performance of Sri Lankan domestic bankers. Questionnaire was distributed among 1200 bank employees and a sample of 489 employees and 06 Deputy General Managers and 02 General Managers representing 08 domestic commercial banks were examined to research the P-O fit and its influence on Job Performance.(only 497 properly filled questionnaires were found! collected) The organizational culture (fit) was identified and analyzed by using SPSS and Microsoft Excel software packages. The data analysis techniques used was descriptive statistics, one sample "T" test, and regression analysis. A positive correlation among culture profiles of 08 banks suggested that an industry wise person organization fit exist. Correlation Analysis explained a significant relationship between the attitudinal variable of person organization fit and the outcome variable of job performance. Univariate statistical measures (Mean, Std. Deviation) revealed that the respondents were satisfied, fit to the organization and did perform well. Regression Analysis confirmed that those results were positive and significant and confirmed that person organization fit influences positively on job performance The study was conducted on the basis of a well-developed conceptual framework. The findings of the study may help bank managers to make the employees "best fit" to the bank and to have highly performing staff strength in the banking industry. The findings also add to the P-O fit knowledge in Sri Lankan context.
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DOI	10.31357/fmscmst.2006.00238
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Language	English
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