"All in a day's work": How follower individual differences and justice perceptions predict OCB role definitions and behavior

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 841-855

  Kamdar, Dishan ^a   McAllister, Daniel J ^b   Turban, Daniel B ^c  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Individual difference; OCB role definition; Procedural justice; Reciprocation wariness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADULT; EMPATHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746398488     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.4.841     Document Type: Article

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