Providing A Framework for Explaining and Measuring Person-Organization Fit with A Meta-Synthesis Approach (Case Study: Bonyad Shahid Organizations)

Abstract

The current research, using an inductive approach, is based on the pragmatism paradigm. It used an exploratory research design based on qualitative methods to achieve the research objective. It is an applied-developmental research that provides a framework for explaining and measuring the person-organization fit in the Bonyad Shahid Organizations and the country's Veteran Affairs. It is methodologically a non-experimental (descriptive) research that was conducted with a cross-sectional survey method. Research data was collected by the meta-synthesis method and by reviewing the articles included in reliable electronic databases such as Elsevier, Emerald, and Weboscience. 218 articles published between 2000 and 2024 were collected. The invalid articles were removed after evaluating the quality of the articles for the title, abstract, content, access, and analysis method; finally, 64 articles were left for coding and analysis. Therefore, it used the Critical Skills Assessment Program (CASP). Cohen's kappa coefficient was estimated at 0.83 for its internal validity, which indicates the appropriate validity of the analysis. The review and analysis of the text of the selected articles occurred through the meta-synthesis method in the Maxqda software. The research identified, as findings showed, 4 main categories, 15 subcategories, and 36 basic codes. These categories were classified as two main constructs: "proportion between the characteristics of the individual and the organization" and "proportion between the needs of the individual and the organization".