 This is due partly to the fact that person–environment fit encompasses a number of subsets, such as person–supervisor fit and person–job fit, which are conceptually distinct from one another (Edwards & Shipp, 2007; Kristof, 1996).There has been a long debate about the relative importance of the person versus the situation in terming human behavior.One group researchers have argued that it is the situation which primarily responsible for individual behaviors (Mischel, 1968; Davis-Blake & Pfeffer, 1989), while another group of searchers believe that the personal characteristics are primary responsible for behavior (Epstain, 1979; House, Shane, & Hernold,1996).