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What motivates OCB? Insights from the volunteerism literature
Author(s) -
Lavelle James J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.644
Subject(s) - organizational citizenship behavior , psychology , perspective (graphical) , social psychology , value (mathematics) , citizenship , perceived organizational support , organizational commitment , political science , artificial intelligence , machine learning , politics , computer science , law
This paper argues that taking a functionalist perspective can contribute to a more complete understanding of why employees engage in organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Informed by the volunteerism literature, a number of other‐oriented and self‐oriented functions are identified as predictors of OCB including value‐expression, social, and career‐related motives. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.