1.) O’Reilly, Chatman and Caldwell (1991) identify many values used in describing organizational culture in their attempts to determine the validity of assessing person-organization fit. Person-organization fit is defined as the satisfaction that comes from “thesimilarity between an individual’s self-concept and his or her image of an organization” (p. 489). When an employee has values and perceptions of him or herself that matches the organization’s values and perceptions, more positive outcomes can be found. Using a quantitative assessment of organizational culture called the Organizational Culture Profile (OCP), the researchers compare organizational culture value statements (e.g. stability,
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