PERSON-JOB FIT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN EDO STATE SECRETARIAT, BENIN CITY
PERSON-JOB FIT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN EDO STATE SECRETARIAT, BENIN CITY

Summary/Abstract: In the last four decades, person-job fit, person-organization fit, job relatedattitudes and behaviours have remained topics of considerable interest in thefields of human resource management, organizational behaviour and industrialpsychology. Person-job fit, which is the match between the individual’s knowledge,skills and abilities and the demands of the job, positively contributes toorganizational attitudes and behaviour such as job satisfaction, job performance,employee’s commitment, display of organizational citizenship behaviour andemployee’s engagement. This study therefore seeks to explore the nitty-gritty ofperson-job fit and its effect on employee engagement in Edo State Secretariat,Benin City using survey research method. Non-probabilistic sampling techniquescomprising of purposeful and convenience techniques were used to elicitinformation via questionnaire from 250 respondents. Data collected were analyzedusing descriptive statistics, correlation and linear regression analysis with the aidof Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17. The results of thestudy showed that there is significant relationship between person-job fit andemployee engagement. As predicted, the study also revealed that person-job fitexerts a positive and statistically significant effect on employee engagement.Thus, the study recommends among others that management should emphasizethe suitability between job characteristics and employees ability to perform the Issue 4/201944job. This will go a long way to help employees recognize the similarity amongthem and thus exchange positive and supportive attitudes and behaviours.

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