The impact of perceived organizational commitment and leader commitment on organizational citizenship behaviour

Abstract

Prior studies have shown that commitment to the organization is related to organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). The target of organizational commitment is the organization itself. So the organizational citizenship behaviour most likely to be influenced by this commitment is OCB-oriented organization (Masterson, Lewis, Goldman & Taylor, 2000; Cohen, 1999). Given that workers are the targets of supervisor commitment and work group commitment, the behaviour most likely to be affected by this commitment is supervisor and worker-oriented behaviour. The results provide support for the idea that organizational commitment is associated with OCB-oriented organization.

Citation

Pohl, S. and Paillé, P. (2011), "The impact of perceived organizational commitment and leader commitment on organizational citizenship behaviour", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 145-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-14-02-2011-B001