Job Insecurity and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Exploring Curvilinear and Moderated Relationships

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lam, Chak Fu; Liang, Jian; Ashford, Susan J.; Lee, Cynthia
• 署名单位: Suffolk University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Northeastern University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0038659
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 499-510
• 关键词: job insecurity; social exchange; ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR; psychological capital; subordinate-supervisor guanxi

摘要

This article examined a curvilinear relationship between job insecurity and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Drawing from social exchange theory and research on personal control, we developed and tested an explanation for employees' reactions to job insecurity based on their conceptualization of their social exchange relationship with the organization at different levels of job insecurity. Using data from 244 Chinese employees and 102 supervisory ratings of OCB, we found support for a U-shaped relationship between job insecurity and OCB. Moreover, 2 factors-psychological capital and subordinate-supervisor guanxi-moderated the curvilinear relationship, such that the curvilinear relationship is more pronounced among those with lower psychological capital or less positive subordinate-supervisor guanxi.