A central feature of TWA is the interplay between individuals and occupations. This multilevel relationship is described in terms of “correspondence,” which represents the extent to which individual and occupational
factors are aligned or “mutually responsive” (Lofquist & Dawis, 1969,
p. 45). Integrating the concepts of correspondence and ORPs from TWA
suggests that the effects of occupational values on work design are likely to
manifest in two ways (Morgeson et al., 2010). First, cross-level effects can
result from astructural correspondencewhere the higher-level occupational values are linked to individual experiences of work characteristics.
Second, cross-level effects can result from anindividual correspondence
that connects higher-level occupational values with individual-level work
characteristics and satisfaction. It is important to point out that conceptualizing the multilevel effects of occupational values in these two forms
of correspondence is congruent with suggestions that occupations have