Person-Supervisor Fit and Leader-Member Exchange
The match between leaders and subordinates can increase work comfort and
form a conducive work environment. Subramaniam & Sambasivan (2018)
explains that people are more attracted to other people who are similar
to them. Interpersonal attraction theory has established various reasons
why people are attracted to each other, mainly through closeness,
complementarity, and similarity (Lim et al., 2019). Individuals who have
similarities tend to express a higher level of liking for the person and
want to interact with them more often (Kim & Kim, 2013; Lim et al.,
2019; Oren et al., 2012). With the existence of interpersonal
attraction, the possibility of transactions that generate profits will
increase so that transactions can generate satisfaction for both
(Caballero & Resnik, 1986). PS fit refers to the perceived fit between
employee and supervisor characteristics (Kristof-Brown et al., 2005; Van
Vianen et al., 2011). The high PS-Fit makes the relationship between
leader and subordinates improve. In line with research by Van Vianen et
al. (2011), which proves that PS-Fit has a positive effect on LMX. For
this reason, the following hypothesis ensued:
Hypothesis 1: PS-Fit has a positive effect on LMX.