Afsar Bilal
School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand.
Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2016;29(2):104-22. doi: 10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2015-0017.
The direct relationship between person-organization (P-O) fit and employee's positive work attitudes and behaviours have been well researched. However, there has been no study on the impact of P-O fit on innovative work behaviour (IWB) of the nurses. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap in the literature. In order to give a complete understanding of the psychology surrounding P-O fit, this study has longitudinally analysed the relationship between P-O fit and IWB along with the impact of a potential mediator, i.e. knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB) on this relationship.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: A total of 357 nurses and 71 doctors from three government hospitals of Thailand filled out the questionnaires. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the relationships.
Results of the study indicate that a nurse's P-O fit is positively associated with both self and doctor ratings of innovative behaviours; and KSB acts as a partial mediator between P-O fit and IWB at both Times 1 and 2. These results imply that a nurse's perceived fit in the hospital impacts his/her engagement into IWB. As nurses share knowledge with their co-workers frequently, it tends to strengthen the relationship between P-O fit and IWB.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Study findings begin to explain how P-O fit impacts IWB of nurses. Specifically, the author find that KSB explains the relationship between P-O fit and IWB.
个人与组织（P-O）匹配度与员工积极的工作态度和行为之间的直接关系已得到充分研究。然而，尚未有关于P-O匹配度对护士创新工作行为（IWB）影响的研究。本文旨在填补这一文献空白。为了全面理解围绕P-O匹配度的心理因素，本研究纵向分析了P-O匹配度与IWB之间的关系，以及潜在中介变量即知识共享行为（KSB）对这种关系的影响。
设计/方法/途径：来自泰国三家政府医院的357名护士和71名医生填写了问卷。采用结构方程模型分析这些关系。
研究结果表明，护士的P-O匹配度与创新行为的自我评分和医生评分均呈正相关；并且在第1次和第2次测量时，KSB在P-O匹配度与IWB之间均起到部分中介作用。这些结果意味着护士在医院中的感知匹配度会影响其参与IWB的程度。由于护士经常与同事分享知识，这往往会加强P-O匹配度与IWB之间的关系。
原创性/价值：研究结果开始解释P-O匹配度如何影响护士的IWB。具体而言，作者发现KSB解释了P-O匹配度与IWB之间的关系。
