Graduation Year
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Granting Department
Psychology
Major Professor
Walter Borman, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Paul Spector, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Doug Rohrer, Ph.D.
Keywords
Citizenship Behaviors, Contextual Performance, Work Psychology, Task Performance, Health Psychology
Abstract
Previous literature has typically assumed that organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) are beneficial to both employees and organizations. Researchers have begun to question this assumption. This paper seeks to identify situations when OCBs are detrimental to employees or organizations. Specifically, two variables (burnout and role overload) are hypothesized to moderate the relationship between OCBs and outcomes (job satisfaction, turnover intentions, and task performance), such that when burnout and role overload are high, negative outcomes occur. Moderated regression was used to test the hypotheses. There was little evidence for burnout as a moderator, but interactions involving role overload were significant; however, the directions of the relationships were not as hypothesized. Alternative hypotheses were tested, which provided support for the general theory that OCBs can result in negative outcomes.
Scholar Commons Citation
Loo, Kevin, "OCBs Gone Bad: The Moderating Roles of Burnout and Role Overload" (2010). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/3636
