PERSON-ENVIRONMENT FIT IN SMALL ARMY UNITS

This study examined the relationship between person-environment fit, o r environmental congruence (Holland, 1985), and satisfaction and super visors' evaluations. The unique characteristics of the present study i nclude (a) the fact that 24 tank crews of four members each constitute d 24 environments, (b) the military conditions, (c) the method for ass igning personal environmental congruence scores by comparing the perso nality type of each crew member with the types of his crew mates, and (d) examination of environmental homogeneity. Findings show positive c orrelations around .40 (p < .05) between (a) person-environment congru ence and (b) environmental homogeneity (the mean of the personal envir onmental scores), and (a) satisfaction and (b) commanders' personal an d crew evaluations. The findings enlighten the potential impact of env ironmental congruence and of group homogeneity on satisfaction and per formance.