Needs-supplies fit and behavioral outcomes: The mediating role of organizational identification

While it is well known that person-organization fit is an important antecedent of behavioral outcomes, little is known about needs-supplies fit in this relationship. In this way, we first want to extend our knowledge about defining and assessing work-related needs derived from employment quality indicators as the basis for needs-supplies fit. Second, following the Cognitive and Affective Personality System theory, we test the mediating role of organizational identification to better understand how needs-supplies fit is related to task performance and organizational citizenship behaviors. Data were collected in two companies: sample 1 (N = 525) and sample 2 (N = 525). Results show (a) that a specific needs-supplies fit perception (i.e., based on 12 work-related needs derived from employment quality indicators) is positively related to a global needs-supplies fit perception (i.e., based on an overall job perception), suggesting that needs-supplies fit may be a multidimensional concept and (b) the full mediating role of organizational identification in the relationship between needs-supplies fit and performance measures.