| Good soldiers and good actors: prosocial and impression management motives as interactive predictors of affiliative citizenship behaviors. | |
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PMID: 19594233 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Researchers have discovered inconsistent relationships between prosocial motives and citizenship behaviors. We draw on impression management theory to propose that impression management motives strengthen the association between prosocial motives and affiliative citizenship by encouraging employees to express citizenship in ways that both "do good" and "look good." We report 2 studies that examine the interactions of prosocial and impression management motives as predictors of affiliative citizenship using multisource data from 2 different field samples. Across the 2 studies, we find positive interactions between prosocial and impression management motives as predictors of affiliative citizenship behaviors directed toward other people (helping and courtesy) and the organization (initiative). Study 2 also shows that only prosocial motives predict voice-a challenging citizenship behavior. Our results suggest that employees who are both good soldiers and good actors are most likely to emerge as good citizens in promoting the status quo. |
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Authors:
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Adam M Grant; David M Mayer |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of applied psychology Volume: 94 ISSN: 0021-9010 ISO Abbreviation: J Appl Psychol Publication Date: 2009 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-14 Completed Date: 2009-08-14 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0222526 Medline TA: J Appl Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 900-12 Citation Subset: IM |
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Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490, USA. agrant@unc.edu |
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Adult Aspirations (Psychology)* Cooperative Behavior* Employee Performance Appraisal Female Humans Interpersonal Relations Leadership* Male Middle Aged Motivation* Organizational Innovation Organizational Objectives* Personnel Management* Problem Solving Social Identification* Social Responsibility* Social Values Young Adult |
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