Good Soldiers and Good Actors: Prosocial and Impression Management Motives as Interactive Predictors of Affiliative Citizenship Behaviors

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 900-912

  Grant, Adam M ^a   Mayer, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

affiliative citizenship; challenging citizenship; impression management motives; organizational citizenship behavior; prosocial motives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650951667     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013770     Document Type: Article

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