Met expectations and supplies–values fit of Dutch young adults as determinants of work outcomes

Abstract

Many studies have shown that work outcomes, such as job satisfaction and turnover intentions, are affected by met expectations and the fit between the work values of an employee and the supplies offered by the organization. However, research that investigates their simultaneous effects on work outcomes is absent in the literature. This study examined the concurrent effects of met expectations and supplies–values (S–V) fit of Dutch young adults on job satisfaction and intention to leave. It was hypothesized that met expectations as an outcome of a cognitive evaluation process would explain variance in affective work outcomes beyond and above that predicted by measures of S–V fit and main effects of job supplies and work values. Results supported this hypothesis. Theoretical and practical implications of these results directions for future research are discussed.

Keywords:

• Met expectations
• supplies–values fit
• job satisfaction
• turnover intentions

Notes

1 It was hypothesized that the signs of the correlations between intention to leave and the various predictor variables would be opposite to those of job satisfaction with these variables. Therefore, the signs of the correlations between intention to leave and the predictor variables were inverted before computing the median r values.