Procedural justice, mood, and prosocial personality influence on organizational citizenship behavior

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

North American Journal of Psychology

ISSN

1527-7143

Volume

10

Issue

2

First Page

397

Last Page

412

Publication Date

6-1-2008

Abstract

The present study was designed to clarify the influence of two commonly cited antecedents to organizational citizenship behavior: procedural justice and mood. One hundred twelve undergraduate psychology majors participated in a laboratory experiment in which same-gender pairs of participants engaged in a competitive task. Procedural justice and mood were experimentally manipulated, and all participants were subsequently given the opportunity to engage in an extra-role behavior. Results showed a significant, causal relationship between procedural justice and extra-role behavior, but mood did not make a difference. The degree to which prosocial personality affects citizenship behaviors was also explored. © NAJP.

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