ENVIRONMENTAL CONGRUENCE, GROUP IMPORTANCE, AND JOB-SATISFACTION

This study was conducted to examine the immediate and later effects of environmental congruence and group importance on job satisfaction. Of the 180 participants in this investigation, 48% were new employees in their organizational milieus, (i.e., no more than 3 months in the job ), and 52% were students in the first 3 months of departmental studies . Results showed that although environmental congruence was modestly r elated to job satisfaction (approx. r = .22, as in previous studies) c oncerning both immediate and later measurements, the magnitude of the effect of group importance was considerably higher after some adaptati on time had elapsed (increasing from r = .23 to r = .57). Ramification s of these findings are elaborated.