The mediating role of supervisor support in the effect of person organization fit on job satisfaction in hospitality enterprises

Abstract

Person-organization fit which develops with the overlapping between the values of the organizations and values of worker in the organizations has been demonstrated to produce many positive results. One of these results is also the positive impact of person-organization fit on job satisfaction. Besides, the support given to the employees by their supervisor is the important fact to increase job satisfaction. In the light of these relations, this study examined the effect of person-organization fit and the supervisor support on job satisfaction and investigated whether the supervisor support has played a mediating role in the effect of person- organization fit on job satisfaction. The results of the research presented that personorganization fit and supervisor support have a favorable impact on job satisfaction. However, it was seen that the supervisor support does not play a mediating role in the effect of personorganization fit on job satisfaction.