NDLI: Good Soldier or Good Actor? Supervisor Accuracy in Distinguishing Between Selfless and Self-Serving OCB Motives

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Author	Donia, Magda B. L. Johns, Gary Raja, Usman
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	In line with findings that organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) may be driven by selfless and self-serving motives, we sought to determine supervisor effectiveness in distinguishing good soldiers from good actors.Employing a sample of 197 supervisor-subordinate dyads, we collected self- and supervisor-reports of employees’ citizenship motives. Dominance analysis was used to determine supervisory accuracy in identifying and distinguishing among subordinates’ motives.We found that the relationships between self- and supervisor-reports of corresponding motives were strongest, supporting our hypotheses that supervisors are able to accurately identify their subordinates’ OCB motives and that they are not fooled by good actors.Our results address concerns raised in previous research that inaccuracy in supervisor attributions of motives might lead to unfair reward or punishment of their subordinates. In demonstrating their accuracy in identifying their subordinates’ motives, an important implication of our work is that supervisors’ preferences for selfless motives may relate to actual differences in their employees’ contribution to the organization.Our study contributes to existing research to more conclusively address the question of supervisors’ bias in their preference for selfless motives. Our results also underscore the importance of accounting for employee motives in research exploring the outcomes of OCBs.
Starting Page	23
Ending Page	32
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08893268
Journal	Journal of Business and Psychology
Volume Number	31
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1573353X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-03-06
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Organizational citizenship behaviors Citizenship motives Selfless motives Self-serving motives Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology Community and Environmental Psychology Personality and Social Psychology Business and Management Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Business and International Management Applied Psychology

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