- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Introduction and Overview of the <i>Handbook</i>
- The Roots of Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- The Bigger Picture: How Organizational Citizenship Behaviors Fit Within a Broader Conceptualization of Work Performance
- Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Job Engagement: “You Gotta Keep ’em Separated!”
- Distinguishing Proactivity From Citizenship Behavior: Similarities and Differences
- The Other Side of the Coin?: Similarities and Differences Between Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Counterproductive Work Behavior
- The Role of a Good Soldier: A Review of Research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior Role Perceptions and Recommendations for the Future Research
- Individual- and Organizational-Level Consequences of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
- Citizenship Behavior and Objective Career Outcomes: A Review and Agenda for Future Work
- Helping That Hurts Intended Beneficiaries: A New Perspective on the Dark Side of Helping Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- The Unintended Consequences of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors for Employees, Teams, and Organizations
- Five-Factor Model of Personality Traits and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Current Research and Future Directions
- Gender and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- What Are the Motives for Employees to Exhibit Citizenship Behavior?: A Review of Prosocial and Instrumental Predictors of Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Organizational Justice and Organizational Citizenship
- Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Trust: The Double Reinforcing Spiral
- Leadership [Is] Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Review of a Self-Evident Link
- A Social Network Perspective on Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- The Employee–Organization Relationship and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Fitting In and Doing Good: A Review of Person–Environment Fit and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Research
- Exploring the Relationship Between Job Embeddedness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- A Cultural Perspective on Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Review and Recommended Best Practices for Measuring and Modeling Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Within-Person Approaches to the Study of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: Antecedents, Consequences, and Boundary Conditions
- Multilevel Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research
- Helping in Organizations: A Review and Directions for Future Research
- From Barriers to Drivers: Understanding Different Approaches to Getting Systematic Upward Voice in Organizations
- Rethinking Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Service Organizations: Its Nature and Conceptualization
- Implicit Trait Policies About Prosocial Professionalism
- Prosocial Behavior in Retirement
- Research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
The current chapter reviews theory and findings with regard to relationships between gender and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Based on self-report OCB studies, female employees tend to report that they perform more communal OCB (e.g., altruism) than do male employees, whereas male employees tend to report that they perform more agentic OCB (e.g., sportsmanship) than do female employees. However, supervisors do not appear to rate male and female employees differently on OCB performance. Our review also suggests that even with the same amount of OCB performance, female employees tend to be disadvantaged with regard to career-related outcomes (e.g., promotion) relative to male employees. For future research, we encourage researchers to distinguish between actual and perceived OCB performance and examine associated gender differences. Measurement invariance of OCB across gender, different career success outcomes between males and females, and the effects of gender egalitarianism in cultures also need further investigation.
Keywords: organizational citizenship behaviors, gender role beliefs, gender role differences, communal behaviors, agentic behaviors, gender egalitarianism, career-related outcomes
Tammy D. Allen Department of Psychology University of South Florida Tampa, FL, USA
Seulki “Rachel” Jang Department of Psychology University of South Florida Tampa, FL, USA
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Introduction and Overview of the <i>Handbook</i>
- The Roots of Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- The Bigger Picture: How Organizational Citizenship Behaviors Fit Within a Broader Conceptualization of Work Performance
- Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Job Engagement: “You Gotta Keep ’em Separated!”
- Distinguishing Proactivity From Citizenship Behavior: Similarities and Differences
- The Other Side of the Coin?: Similarities and Differences Between Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Counterproductive Work Behavior
- The Role of a Good Soldier: A Review of Research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior Role Perceptions and Recommendations for the Future Research
- Individual- and Organizational-Level Consequences of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
- Citizenship Behavior and Objective Career Outcomes: A Review and Agenda for Future Work
- Helping That Hurts Intended Beneficiaries: A New Perspective on the Dark Side of Helping Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- The Unintended Consequences of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors for Employees, Teams, and Organizations
- Five-Factor Model of Personality Traits and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Current Research and Future Directions
- Gender and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- What Are the Motives for Employees to Exhibit Citizenship Behavior?: A Review of Prosocial and Instrumental Predictors of Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Organizational Justice and Organizational Citizenship
- Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Trust: The Double Reinforcing Spiral
- Leadership [Is] Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Review of a Self-Evident Link
- A Social Network Perspective on Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- The Employee–Organization Relationship and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Fitting In and Doing Good: A Review of Person–Environment Fit and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Research
- Exploring the Relationship Between Job Embeddedness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- A Cultural Perspective on Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Review and Recommended Best Practices for Measuring and Modeling Organizational Citizenship Behavior
- Within-Person Approaches to the Study of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: Antecedents, Consequences, and Boundary Conditions
- Multilevel Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research
- Helping in Organizations: A Review and Directions for Future Research
- From Barriers to Drivers: Understanding Different Approaches to Getting Systematic Upward Voice in Organizations
- Rethinking Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Service Organizations: Its Nature and Conceptualization
- Implicit Trait Policies About Prosocial Professionalism
- Prosocial Behavior in Retirement
- Research on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Index