FROM GOOD SOLDIERS TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY ENTITLED: EXAMINING WHEN AND WHY CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR LEADS TO DEVIANCE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yam, Kai Chi; Klotz, Anthony C.; He, Wei; Reynolds, Scott J.
• 署名单位: National University of Singapore; Oregon State University; Huazhong University of Science & Technology; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0234
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 373-396
• 关键词: COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY; Impression management; EMPIRICAL-EXAMINATION; Intrinsic motivation; performance; WORKPLACE; job; employees; CONSERVATION

摘要

Research has consistently demonstrated that organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) produce a wide array of positive outcomes for employees and organizations. Recent work, however, has suggested that employees often engage in OCBs not because they want to but because they feel they have to, and it is not clear whether OCBs performed for external motives have the same positive effects on individuals and organizational functioning as do traditional OCBs. In this article, we draw from self-determination and moral licensing theories to suggest a potential negative consequence of OCB. Specifically, we argue that when employees feel compelled to engage in OCB by external forces, they will subsequently feel psychologically entitled for having gone above and beyond the call of duty. Furthermore, these feelings of entitlement can act as moral credentials that psychologically free employees to engage in both interpersonal and organizational deviance. Data from two multisource field studies and an online experiment provide support for these hypotheses. In addition, we demonstrate that OCB-generated feelings of entitlement transcend organizational boundaries and lead to deviance outside of the organization.