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Although the similarity-attraction hypothesis (SAH) is one of the main theoretical foundations of management and industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology research, systematic reviews of the hypothesis have not been published. An overall review of the existing body of knowledge is therefore warranted as a means of identifying what is known about the hypothesis and also identifying what future studies should investigate. The current study focuses on empirical workplace SAH studies. This systemat...

Purpose: The purpose of this review is to argue that the way that perceived employee misfit (PEM) has been measured in quantitative studies does not capture the construct identified in qualitative studies. Design/methodology/approach: Through reverse citation analysis, this study reveals how low levels of value congruence became the currency of PEM in quantitative studies. Findings: This study finds that in the absence of alternatives, researchers have taken low scores of value congruence as a m...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to integrate research conducted on work values, political values and cultural values to develop a new heuristic model of values that can be applied to workplace outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: This is a conceptual paper that draws upon the work values, political values and cultural values literatures and the “similarity leads to attraction” and “dissimilarity leads to repulsion” hypotheses to advocate an integrative conceptual model spanning t...

The Price Leaders Pay for Cutting Ethical Corners Asking employees to take questionable shortcuts can hurt their motivation and their performance. Topics An Member Free Subscribe $75/Year Image courtesy of Brian Stauffer/theispot.com Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for leaders to ask their employees to cross ethical lines. Consider the following examples from a pilot study we recently conducted: A sales representative at a retail co...