A prosocial self-concept approach to understanding organizational citizenship behavior

Purpose - Individual characteristics have been weaker correlates of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) than have attitudinal and contextual variables; however, few individual characteristics have been examined. This paper seeks to broaden the search for possible antecedents to include indiv...

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Published in:Journal of managerial psychology 2010-01, Vol.25 (7), p.741-763
Main Authors: Mayfield, Clifton O, Taber, Thomas D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altruism
Arbeitsverhalten
Attitudes
Behavior
Citizenship
Constrictions
Corporate culture
Correlation
Correlation analysis
Empirical analysis
Identification
Identity
Job requirements
Job satisfaction
Methodology
Motivation
Occupational psychology
Organizational behavior
Organizational citizenship behaviour
Perceptions
Persönlichkeitspsychologie
Prosocial behaviour
Psychology
Searching
Self esteem
Selfconcept
Statistical analysis
Student
Students
Studies
Undergraduate students
USA
Values
Variance
Work environment
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Summary:Purpose - Individual characteristics have been weaker correlates of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) than have attitudinal and contextual variables; however, few individual characteristics have been examined. This paper seeks to broaden the search for possible antecedents to include individuals' prosocial self-concept.Design methodology approach - A survey (n=226) was conducted to examine the relationship between university students' prosocial self-concept and their intentions to engage in campus-related service and citizenship activities. Prosocial self-concept was assessed with Crandall's 24-item Social Interest Scale.Findings - Prosocial self-concept correlated modestly, but significantly, with OCB intentions toward fellow students (r=0.16, p
ISSN:0268-3946
1758-7778
DOI:10.1108/02683941011075283