Abstract
Driven by dynamic competitive conditions, companies’ information technology (IT) functions adopt agile practices and build ambidextrous organizational structures, which, in turn, affect the work environment of individual IT employees. Based on the fundamental assumption of person-environment fit theory that people seek out environments that allow them to behaviorally manifest their traits, this research aims to shift the focus in organizational design choices towards an individual-level perspective. Consequently, we study if and how personality traits and work environment characteristics, measured as individual level of ambidexterity, relate and impact person-job fit (P-J fit). The results of this quantitative study among 279 IT workers show that personality traits (operationalized by the Five Factor Model) significantly differ across exploitative and explorative work environments. Furthermore, data suggests that the relationship of extraversion, conscientiousness and openness to experience on P-J fit is moderated by the level of ambidexterity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023 |
| Editors | Tung X. Bui |
| Pages | 6290-6299 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-9981331-6-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Jan 2023 |
| Event | 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023 - Honolulu, United States Duration: 2 Jan 2023 → 6 Jan 2023 Conference number: 56 https://hicss.hawaii.edu/ |
Conference
| Conference | 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023 |
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| Abbreviated title | HICSS-56 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Honolulu |
| Period | 2/01/23 → 6/01/23 |
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Keywords
- Ambidexterity, Personality, Work Environments, Bi-modal IT, Person-Job Fit
- Ambidexterity
- Bi-modal IT
- Personality
- Work Environments
- Person-Job Fit