Extending Situational Strength Theory to Account for Situation-Outcome Mismatch

The current paper was motivated by previous results (Meyer et al. Journal of Management, 40, 1010–1041, 2014) that appeared to contradict the popular idea that “strong” situations weaken the impact of personality on job performance. We extend situational strength theory by contending that, when a strong situation blocks one outlet for poor performance (e.g., low task performance), employees predisposed toward such behavior experience negative...