Social Comparisons and Organizational Citizenship Behaviours: A Daily Diary Study

• Main Authors: Spence, J. R., FERRIS, Donald L., Brown, D. J., Heller, D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1704
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Drawing upon self-consistency and affective events theories, we test a model that social comparisons have motivational and affective consequences that lead to organizational citizenship behaviours (OCB). Data collected from a diary study are consistent with our hypotheses that social comparisons are...