Person-Environment Fit in Ghanaian Banks

Diploma Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisational and Economic Psychology, grade: 1,0, University of Leipzig (Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie / Sozialpsychologie), language: English, abstract: The African nations are not only economically underdeveloped, but also received little attention by psychological research, which is extensively reviewed and critizised. Few substantial research covers interpersonal relationships- dependence on attribute configurations of dyads or workgroups, and their associations with outcomes. These relations were analyzed within a person-environment fit framework, covering the three facets Person-Supervisor Fit, Person-Workgroup Fit, and workgroup diversity in sex, age, ethnical origin and personality in a sample of three banks in Ghana using multi-level analysis. Findings indicate a highly differentiated pattern of fit effects on the outcomes leader-member exchange, relationship style with and positive affect towards the leader, perceived workgroup cohesion, follower-s affective commitment, promotion, income and group performance. They could mostly not be explained with common similarity attraction or information/decision-making paradigms but rather unique historical and societal dynamics, indicating that fit effects are highly sensitive to context factors.