As in the case with many domains of organizational behaviuor, occupational stress research has for many years been characterised by the use of self-report methodologies, in particular the written quetionnaire, as the primary means of data collection. Reliance on self-report for the measurement...

Thi paper examines the relationships that exists between individuals and the physical and social environment. The text presented here is a reflection on the meaning of work in the generation of young adults reaching full-time employment age in the mid 1990's.

Drawing on models of person-organization (P-O) fit, this study examines the role of personality characteristics (neuroticism, extraversion, Type A and social desirability) on the experience of fit and the prediction of positive affective outcomes, and tests the mediational relationships proposed...