The use of person-group fit for employment selection: A missing link in person-environment fit

Given an increased emphasis on work teams in organizations, it is important to select applicants based on their ability to make contributions to a given work team. This paper proposes that person-group fit should be useful to select applicants for work teams and suggests that effective use of person-group fit will create both more cohesive work units and more effectively functioning work units. It proposes ways to make valid and reliable assessments of person-group fit that could be used to minimize bias in the selection process. Finally it addresses several implications Of using the person-group fit paradigm for human resource management practice. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.