Type A and B behavior patterns and self-reported health symptoms and stress: examining individual and organizational fit.
This article describes a preliminary investigation of the proposition that organizations, as well as people, can be classified along a Type A and B behavior pattern dimension and that the resulting match or lack thereof between individual and organizational behavior patterns is related to various health indices. A sample of 315 medical technologists were classified as either Type As or Bs and as working in either Type A or B environments. Results supported the hypotheses that (1) Type Bs in B organizations report the fewest negative health symptoms; (2) Type As in A organizations report the most; and (3) Type Bs in A organizations and Type As in B organizations report an intermediate level of symptoms. The results are treated within the framework of a person-environment fit model and the implications of the findings are discussed.
D000041:Absenteeism; D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D001519:Behavior; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*