If you're close with the leader,you must be a brownnose: The role of leader–member relationships in follower,leader, and coworker attributions of organizational citizenship behavior motives |
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Authors: | Wm Matthew Bowler Jonathon RB Halbesleben Jeff RB Paul |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Management, Spears School of Business, 305A North Hall, Oklahoma State University, 700 North Greenwood, Tulsa, OK 74106-0700, United States;2. Department of Management & Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, PO Box 4004, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54702, United States;3. Department of Management, 320 Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, United States |
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Abstract: | Although scholars have recognized that organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) can be attributed to either self-serving or other-serving motives, little research has addressed the conditions under which different observers will make positive versus negative attributions for OCB. We draw on leader-member exchange (LMX) and attribution theories to propose that high-quality LMX relationships are associated with positive attributions of OCB motives by the follower and the leader but negative attributions of OCB motives by coworkers. We theorize that while high-quality LMX relationships are associated with attributions of pro-social and organizational concern motives by the follower and the leader, coworkers view OCB performed by those in high-quality LMX relationships as driven by impression management motives. We discuss implications for theory and research on OCB and LMX. |
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