Accounting for Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Leader Fairness and Task Scope Versus Satisfaction

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Business School Research Paper

Journal of Management, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 705-721, 1990

17 Pages Posted: 17 Aug 2007

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Jiing-Lih Larry Farh

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Management & Organization

Philip M. Podsakoff

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship

Dennis W. Organ

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Research has documented a consistent empirical relationship between satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). Here we aregue the case for why leader behavior (contingent leader reward, supportiveness, and participativeness) and task characteristics might account for such a correlation. Hierarchical regression analysis of data from a survey of 195 Taiwanese Ministry of Communications workers indicates that task scope accounts for more unique variance in both the Altruism and Compliance dimensions of OCB than does satisfaction, whereas leader fairness - composed of the three leader behavior variables - accounts for unique variance only with respect to Altruism.

Suggested Citation

Farh, Jiing-Lih Larry and Podsakoff, Philip M. and Organ, Dennis W., Accounting for Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Leader Fairness and Task Scope Versus Satisfaction. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Business School Research Paper, Journal of Management, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 705-721, 1990, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1007644

Jiing-Lih Larry Farh (Contact Author)

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Philip M. Podsakoff

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship ( email )

Bloomington, IN 47405
United States

Dennis W. Organ

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship ( email )

Bloomington, IN 47405
United States

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