Does humane orientation matter? A cross-cultural study of job characteristics needs-supplies fit/misfit and affective organizational commitment

Si Hyun Kim is an associate professor of management at the University of La Verne. She received her Ph.D. in International Business from the College of Business Administration at The University of Texas at El Paso. Her current research interests include organizational justice, business ethics, diversity issues at work, and international human resource.

M. Fernanda Wagstaff is an associate professor in the Department of Marketing and Management at The University of Texas at El Paso. She received her PhD from Texas A&M University. Her current research interests include diversity issues at work, business ethics, and organizational research methods. She is a member of the Academy of Management, the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, and the Society for Human Resource Management. She is currently the Program Director of the PhD in Business Administration and the recipient of the Robert E. and Jacqueline Skov Professorship in Business Ethics.

Giacomo Laffranchini is an associate professor of management in the College of Business and Public Management at The University of La Verne. He received his Ph.D. in International Business from the College of Business Administration at The University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Giacomo Laffranchini's research interests involve family businesses management, and turnaround strategies in response to performance decline in family firms.