The Interactive Effect of Religiosity and Perceived Organizational Adversity on Change-Oriented Citizenship Behavior

Inam Ul Haq (), Dirk De Clercq (), Muhammad Umer Azeem () and Aamir Suhail ()
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Inam Ul Haq: The University of Lahore
Dirk De Clercq: Brock University
Muhammad Umer Azeem: University of Management and Technology
Aamir Suhail: Riphah International University

Journal of Business Ethics, 2020, vol. 165, issue 1, No 11, 175 pages

Abstract: Abstract This study adds to business ethics research by examining how employees’ religiosity might enhance their propensity to engage in change-oriented citizenship behavior, as well as how this effect may be invigorated in adverse organizational climates with respect to voluntarism. Two-wave survey data collected from employees in Pakistan show that change-oriented citizenship activities increase to the extent that employees can draw on their personal resource of religiosity and perceive little adversity, measured in this study with respect to whether voluntarism is encouraged. Further, the relative usefulness of religiosity for spurring change-oriented citizenship behavior is particularly strong when employees experience high levels of this organizational adversity, because employees with high religiosity tend to believe that such behavior is more needed in these organizational contexts. For organizations, these results demonstrate that the energy derived from religiosity may stimulate voluntary efforts that invoke organizational change, and the perceived value of such energy allocation is greater when employees perceive organizational environments that provide little encouragement to go beyond formal job duties.

Keywords: Change-oriented citizenship behavior; Religiosity; Organizational climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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