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Towards a better understanding of the link between participation in decision‐making and organizational citizenship behaviour: A multilevel analysis
Author(s) -
Vanyperen Nico W.,
Berg Agnes E.,
Willering Martijn C.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317999166734
Subject(s) - organizational citizenship behavior , psychology , multilevel model , citizenship , social psychology , organizational commitment , perceived organizational support , reliability (semiconductor) , sample (material) , structural equation modeling , link (geometry) , mediator , political science , computer science , medicine , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , politics , law , computer network
In the present study, two models were tested that can improve understanding of the link between participation in decision‐making and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). In Model 1, it is assumed that perceived supervisory support mediates the link between participation in decision‐making and OCB. In Model 2, organizational commitment is presented as the mediator variable. The sample ( N = 142) was drawn from employees from 10 departments of a medium‐sized trade company in the Netherlands. To improve the reliability of the results, the data were subjected to multilevel analyses. Because no link was observed between commitment and OCB, Model 2 was rejected. In contrast, Model 1 was supported by the data, suggesting that participation in decision‐making promotes employees' sense of supervisory support to them, which made employees more likely to reciprocate by exhibiting OCB.