… Edwards for her help with ensuring the accuracy of the equations.Correspondence concerning
this article should be addressed to Jeffrey R. Edwards, Kenan-Flagler Business School, …

an overview of the PJ [person-job] fit literature reveals three basic deficiencies/first, despite
the common emphasis on PJ fit across many areas of OB [organizational behavior] and I/O […

Multidimensional constructs are widely used to represent several distinct dimensions as a
single theoretical concept. The utility of multidimensional constructs relative to their …

For decades, difference scores have been widely used in studies of congruence in organizational
research. Although methodological problems with difference scores are well known, …

… Address reprint requests to Jeffrey R. Edwards, School of Business Administration, … 1973),
their use persists in congruence research (Edwards, 1991), and viable alternatives have been …

Theories of stress have long recognized the importance of both the person and environment
in understanding the nature and consequences of stress. Person constructs relevant to …

In management research, there is a growing trend toward formative measurement, in which
measures are treated as causes of constructs. Formative measurement can be contrasted …

This study examined two versions of the person-environment (PE) fit approach to stress,
one representing the fit between environmental supplies and employee values (SV fit), and …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jeffrey R. Edwards,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC …

Work-family research emphasizes the importance of mechanisms that link work and family.
However, these mechanisms typically are described in metaphoric terms poorly suited to …