TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining organizational citizenship behavior of Japanese employees
T2 - A multidimensional analysis of the relationship to organizational commitment
AU - Wang, Yingyan
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to thank Professor Iwao Taka, Yoshiaki Takao, and Koichiro Hioki for generous support and help in the course of this study. Also, this research was partially funded by a grant to the author from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant No. 22730303.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, © 2011 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/2/21
Y1 - 2015/2/21
N2 - Although there is now considerable research concerning organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), little is known about the possibility of the transposition of such a research topic to a Japanese context. This study proposes and substantiates a three-dimension model of OCB in the Japanese context, comprising voluntary involvement, generalized compliance, and personal industry. Furthermore, the examination of the relationship between organizational commitment and OCB indicates that affective commitment is positively associated with voluntary involvement and personal industry. Also, continuance commitment is positively related to generalized compliance and, simultaneously, negatively associated with voluntary involvement. Finally, theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - Although there is now considerable research concerning organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), little is known about the possibility of the transposition of such a research topic to a Japanese context. This study proposes and substantiates a three-dimension model of OCB in the Japanese context, comprising voluntary involvement, generalized compliance, and personal industry. Furthermore, the examination of the relationship between organizational commitment and OCB indicates that affective commitment is positively associated with voluntary involvement and personal industry. Also, continuance commitment is positively related to generalized compliance and, simultaneously, negatively associated with voluntary involvement. Finally, theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
KW - Japanese employees
KW - generalized compliance
KW - organizational citizenship behavior
KW - organizational commitment
KW - personal industry
KW - voluntary involvement
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U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2011.560882
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2011.560882
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84912123264
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 26
SP - 425
EP - 444
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 4
ER -