Good citizens to the end? It depends: Empathy and concern with future consequences moderate the impact of a short-term time horizon on organizational citizenship behaviors

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1307-1320

  Joireman, Jeff ^a   Kamdar, Dishan ^b   Daniels, Denise ^c   Duell, Blythe ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^c SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concern with future consequences; Empathy; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Personality and workplace behavior; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750970571     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.6.1307     Document Type: Article

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