The Effect of Motive and Coworker Liking on the Intention to Perform Organizational Citizenship Behavior

<p>Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is defined as employee behavior that benefits others yet is not required by the employee’s job description. OCB can be divided into two categories: behavior that is either directed toward individuals (OCBI) or behavior that is directed toward the organization (OCBO). Researchers have posited that there are three different motives behind OCB: impression management, prosocial values, and organizational concern. Additionally, researchers have recognized the importance of coworker relationships within organizations and have suggested that the degree to which one likes his or her coworkers may serve as an additional source of motivation to engage in different types of OCB. This research consisted of two studies investigating the effect of motive and coworker liking on intention to engage in OCBO and OCBI. Participants in both studies read a vignette manipulating motive and degree of coworker liking. The second study incorporated two additional items in the manipulation check to increase the saliency of the coworker liking manipulation. In both Study 1 and Study 2 participants were more likely to engage in OCBO than in OCBI. Both studies failed to support the hypotheses that either motive or degree of liking would predict the type of OCB performed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Foster, Caley M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt (Director), Reagan D. Brown, Amber Schroeder, Andrew Mienaltowski

• Impression Management
• Organizational Concern
• Prosocial Values
• Extra-role Bahavior
• Organizational Behavior
• Job Satisfaction
• Psychology- Industrial
• Cooperativeness
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Multicultural Psychology
• Personality and Social Contexts
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1271

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-2274