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Relationships between organizational socialization tactics and perceived fit (P-O, P-J, P-G)Relationships between organizational socialization (OS) tactics and fit perceptions were analyzed, by distinguishing between context, content, and social tactics (Jones, 1986) on the one hand, and person-organization (P-O), person-job (P-J), and person-group (P-G) fit perceptions on the other hand. Although all tactics were positively associated with P-O, P-J, and P-G fit perceptions, their relative impact was different. A dominance analysis indicated the relative impact of each tactic on P-O, P-J and P-G. Specifically, P-G fit was most significantly influenced by social tactics, P-J fit was most significantly influenced by content and social tactics, and P-O fit was most significantly influenced by context and social tactics. Social tactics therefore had a significant impact on all P-O, P-J, and P-G fit perceptions, even when controlling for the context and content tactics variables.