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Expectancy‐Based Job Cognitions and Job Affect as Predictors of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors 1
Author(s) -
Kemery Edward R.,
Bedeian Arthur G.,
Zacur Susan Rawson
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb02735.x
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , job satisfaction , expectancy theory , social psychology , job attitude , affective events theory , organizational citizenship behavior , positive affectivity , job performance , cognition , altruism (biology) , negative affectivity , organizational commitment , personality , communication , neuroscience
This study investigated the importance of expectancy‐based job cognitions and job affect (the affective component of job satisfaction) in helping to account for “organizational citizenship behaviors” (OCBs; Organ, 1988). Data pertaining to the expectancy‐based job cognitions (i.e., expectancies, instrumentalities, valences), job affect, and OCB performance of 65 state finance agency employees were examined. We anticipated that the effect of expectancy‐based job cognitions on OCB would be partially mediated by affect‐based job satisfaction. This expectation was confirmed in that, after controlling for negative and positive affectivity, generalized instrumentality beliefs were found to affect OCB‐altruism directly, as well as indirectly through the influence of affect‐based job satisfaction.