Organizational citizenship behavior: understanding interaction effects of psychological ownership and agency systems

Wilhelm, Ben; Simarasl, Nastaran; Riar, Frederik J.; Kellermanns, Franz W. (2022). Organizational citizenship behavior: understanding interaction effects of psychological ownership and agency systems. Review of Managerial Science, 18(1), pp. 1-27. Springer 10.1007/s11846-022-00610-z

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Organizational citizenship behavior is a highly sought-after outcome. We integrate insight from the psychological ownership perspective and agency theory to examine how the juxtaposition of informal psychological mechanisms (i.e., ownership feelings toward an organization) and formal and informal governance mechanisms (i.e., employee share ownership, agency monitoring, and peer monitoring) influences employees' organizational citizenship behaviors. Our empirical results show that psychological ownership has a positive effect on organizational citizenship behavior. Contrary to the common belief that informal and formal mechanisms complement each other, we find that the positive influence of psychological ownership on organizational citizenship behavior is more pronounced when employee share ownership and agency monitoring is low compared to high. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Organization and Human Resource Management > Human Resource Management
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Organization and Human Resource Management

UniBE Contributor:

Riar, Frederik

Subjects:

600 Technology > 650 Management & public relations

ISSN:

1863-6683

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Frederik Johannes Riar

Date Deposited:

23 Jan 2023 14:10

Last Modified:

07 Jan 2024 02:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s11846-022-00610-z

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Psychological ownership · Organizational citizenship behavior · Agency monitoring · Peer monitoring · Employee share ownership · Agency theory

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/177554

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/177554

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