Employee self-enhancement motives and job performance behaviors: Investigating the moderating effects of employee role ambiguity and managerial perceptions of employee commitment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yun, Seokhwa; Takeuchi, Riki; Liu, Wei
• 署名单位: Seoul National University (SNU); Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.3.745
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 745-756
• 关键词: organizational citizenship behavior; task performance; Impression management; EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT; INSTRUMENTALITY

摘要

This study examined the effects of employee self-enhancement motives on job performance behaviors (organizational citizenship behaviors and task performance) and the value of these behaviors to them. The authors propose that employees display job performance behaviors in part to enhance their self-image, especially when their role is not clearly defined. They further argue that the effects of these behaviors on managerial reward recommendation decisions should be stronger when managers believe the employees to be more committed. The results from a sample of 84 working students indicate that role ambiguity moderated the effects of self-enhancement motives on job performance behaviors and that managerial perceptions of an employee's commitment moderated the effects of those organizational citizenship behaviors that are aimed at other individuals on managers' reward allocation decisions.