Impetus for action: A cultural analysis of justice and organizational citizenship behavior in Chinese society

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Farh, JL; Earley, PC; Lin, SC
• 署名单位: University of London; London Business School; National Cheng Kung University
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.2307/2393733
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 421-444
• 关键词: INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM; IMPACT

摘要

To understand variations in citizenship behavior within a culture, we examine the relationship between citizenship behaviors and organizational justice in two studies in a Chinese context, using two cultural characteristics (traditionality and modernity) and one individual (gender) characteristic. In Study 1, we develop an indigenous measure of organizational citizenship behavior and explore the similarities and differences of this measure with its Western counterpart. In Study 2, we use this citizenship behavior measure to test its relationship to justice. Results demonstrate that organizational justice (distributive and procedural) is most strongly related to citizenship behavior for individuals who endorse less traditional, or high modernity, values. In addition, we found the relationship between justice and citizenship behavior to be stronger for men than for women. The studies are discussed in terms of the generality of citizenship behavior and its relation to organizational justice and cultural characteristics.