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.