Date of Award

1-1-2011

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Public Administration and Policy

Content Description

1 online resource (vi, 139 pages) : illustrations

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Faerman R. Faerman

Committee Members

John Rohrbaugh, Thomas D. Taber

Keywords

group norms, job satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, organizational identification, organizational justice, prosocial orientation, Organizational behavior, Organizational commitment, Autonomy (Psychology), Psychology, Industrial, Employees

Subject Categories

Public Administration

Abstract

This study attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of the antecedents of public employees' organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Using Deci and Ryan's Self-determination theory as an overarching framework, this study tests the argument put forth by public management researchers that public employees' OCB will be influenced by their personal beliefs and organizational values as well as by their general satisfaction with their work environment. Based on this notion, public employees' prosocial orientation, organizational identification and subjective OCB norms are thus examined as major antecedents of OCB in this study.

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