The Effect of Person-Job Fit on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable - Study

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The study examines and analyzes how person-job fit influences employee performance through job satisfaction at PT. Adikara Jaya Sentosa, tbk. Causal research applies a quantitative approach with a population of 75 commercial division employees. Data analysis uses SEM-PLS supported by SmartPLS 3 software. Results show person-job fit has a significant positive effect on employee performance, increases job satisfaction, and job satisfaction significantly improves employee performance. Job satisfaction also mediates the relationship between person-job fit and employee performance.

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Theory of Person-Job Fit

The Effect of Person-Job Fit on Employee Performance Through Job Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable Salsabila Trysantika 1*, Agus Frianto 2 Anang Kistyanto 3 Hujjatullah Fazlurrahman 4 1,2,3,4 Departement of Economic and Business, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia | ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT | | --- | --- | | | ABSTRACT | | ISSN: 2798-2688 | The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the effect of personjob fit on employee performance through job satisfaction at PT. Adikara | | Keywords person-job | | | fit; employee | Jaya Sentosa,tbk. This research is a causal research that uses a | | performance; job | quantitative approach, with a population consisting of 75 commercial | | satisfaction. | division employees. Data analysis in this study used SEM-PLS with the help of SmartPLS3 software. This results of this study prove that personjob fit has a significant positive effect on employee performance, person-job fit has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, and job satisfaction mediates between person-job fit employee performance. | | | | Introduction Competition in the business world is currently increasing, especially on the construction industry. According to Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS), in the third quarter of 2022 the construction business sector recorded a positive growth of 4.72%(Rahulessin, 2022) . Gunasti & Pratama (2022) said that construction labor requires good management because humans are very complex creatures. Competition between contractor companies is also increasing, in the process of increasingly fierce competition, demanding contractor service companies to always prepare superior human resources given the competition and the many competitors that exist. Human Resource has an important role for companies as a force and driving force in industrial activities to gain profits or maintain the survival of the company. Creating good human resources starts with allocating tasks based on the Social Science Studies Vol. 3 No. 6 2023 Page 470-484 DOI: 10.47153/sss36.7892023 *Corresponding Author Email address: [salsabila.19130@mhs.unesa.ac.id](salsabila.19130@mhs.unesa.ac.id) abilities mastered (Rajper et al., 2020) . The survival of a company begins with optimizing human resource management, especially the performance of its employees. Employee performance needs to always be considered by the company to find out the ability of workers because employee performance can later be directly related to the organization. There are two variables that affect employee performance, namely person-job fit and job satisfaction (Kadek et al., 2022) . In order to increase the performance of workers, companies are required to be able to pay attention to person-job fit, which requires a match between the abilities and values of workers and the values implemented in their work (Nugraha & Ramdansyah, 2022) . According toBerahmawati et al. (2019), a company that pays more attention to employee abilities can strengthen the ties between workers and their jobs, therefore workers will have a higher commitment to their jobs. Employees who carry out their work based on their abilities certainly understand the meaning of what they do so that they have the opportunity to improve their abilities in the world of work and are also not under excessive stress because they feel in accordance with their interests. When placing workers it is necessary to use the principle of the right man in the right place, the division of labor must be objective, not subjective based on like and dislike (Jaya et al., 2019) . Where an increase in individual-job fit can increase employee performance because employees feel comfortable when carrying out work (Kaur & Kang, 2021) . With a comfortable and safe work environment, it isone of the factors for job satisfaction in employees. According to Kurniawan,

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the study at PT. Adikara Jaya Sentosa, tbk?

To examine and analyze the effect of person-job fit on employee performance through job satisfaction as an intervening variable.

What research method and data analysis technique are used?

The study uses a causal quantitative approach and analyzes data with SEM-PLS using SmartPLS 3 software.

How does job satisfaction relate to the person-job fit and employee performance relationship?

Job satisfaction positively and significantly affects employee performance and mediates between person-job fit and employee performance.

Sep 18, 2026

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