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Five dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior: Comparing antecedents and levels of engagement in China and the US

Authors: Lei Wang, Kim T. Hinrichs, Leonel Prieto, Jon P. Howell

Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Issue 1/2013

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The purpose of this article is to investigate differences between the US and China in (1) employees’ level of engagement in the five dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) identified by Organ (1988), and (2) the effects of perceived distributive justice and perceived supervisor support on OCB. Results suggest that Chinese respondents have a higher level of sportsmanship and courtesy, but a lower level of civic virtue than the US respondents. In addition, perceived supervisor support is significantly related to all five OCB dimensions for the Chinese sample, whereas for the US sample, perceived distributive justice is significantly related to conscientiousness and sportsmanship and marginally related to altruism. A follow-up study was conducted in the US to examine the direct effects of such cultural factors as individualistic/collectivistic orientation and power distance orientation on each of the five OCB dimensions, and their moderating effects on the relationships of the five OCB dimensions with perceived supervisor support and perceived distributive justice. Results suggest an effect of individualistic/collectivistic orientation on the five OCB dimensions. No relationship was found between power distance orientation and OCB. Moreover, the results did not support our predictions regarding the moderating effects of individualistic/collectivistic orientation and power distance orientation on the relationships between OCB dimensions and perceived supervisor support or perceived distributive justice.

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Title: Five dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior: Comparing antecedents and levels of engagement in China and the US
Authors: Lei Wang
Kim T. Hinrichs
Leonel Prieto
Jon P. Howell
Publication date: 01-03-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0217-4561
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-010-9237-1

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