Going beyond the call of duty under conditions of economic threat: Integrating life history and temporal dilemma perspectives

• Main Author: SIROLA, Nina
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Economic threat; Organizational citizenship behavior; OCBO; Life history theory; Temporal dilemma; Applied Behavior Analysis; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7315; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8314/viewcontent/GoingBeyondCallofDuty_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Under conditions of economic threat, such as during economic downturns, organizations can benefit from employees’ willingness to go beyond the call of duty and engage in organization-directed citizenship behavior (OCBO). Yet, such behavior is discretionary and competes for time with employees’ other...