Good mercenaries: Performing organizational citizenship behavior in a foreign land

IF 1.3 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.erap.2022.100818

Seydahmet Ercan

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Abstract

Introduction

Research on expatriates has typically left underexplored the critical antecedents of expatriates’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCB).

Objectives

This study aims to fill this research gap by studying the effects of constructs specific and nonspecific to the expatriate context of expatriates’ OCB performance.

Methods

Using online surveys, data were collected from 200 expatriates and 280 of their coworkers working in 62 host countries. The hypotheses were tested with structural equation modeling analysis.

Results

First, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, job satisfaction, work adjustment and interaction adjustment all had unique contributions in predicting expatriates’ OCB. Second, there was initial support for the indirect effect of the host country coworkers’ OCB performance targeted at expatriates on expatriates’ OCB-I performance. Finally, the results did not provide support for the indirect effect of personality factors on expatriates’ OCB performance.

Conclusion

Compared to job satisfaction, expatriates’ personality traits (i.e., Agreeableness and Conscientiousness) may have a stronger effect on expatriates’ OCB performance.

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引言对外派人员组织公民行为（OCB）的关键前因研究通常没有得到充分的探索。目的本研究旨在通过研究特定和非特定结构对外派人员OCB表现的影响来填补这一研究空白。方法采用在线调查的方法，收集了来自62个东道国的200名外籍人士及其280名同事的数据。通过结构方程建模分析对这些假设进行了检验。结果首先，宜人性、认真性、工作满意度、工作适应和互动适应对外派人员OCB的预测均有独特贡献。其次，最初支持东道国同事针对外籍人士的OCB表现对外籍人士OCB-I表现的间接影响。最后，研究结果没有支持人格因素对外籍人士OCB表现的间接影响。结论与工作满意度相比，外派人员的人格特征（即随和和认真）可能对外派人员的OCB表现有更强的影响。

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European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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2.20

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期刊介绍： The aim of the Revue européenne de Psychologie appliquée / European Review of Applied Psychology is to promote high-quality applications of psychology to all areas of specialization, and to foster exchange among researchers and professionals. Its policy is to attract a wide range of contributions, including empirical research, overviews of target issues, case studies, descriptions of instruments for research and diagnosis, and theoretical work related to applied psychology. In all cases, authors will refer to published and verificable facts, whether established in the study being reported or in earlier publications.