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The curvilinear relationship between career plateauing and organizational citizenship behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2018

Gi R. Song ,
Kyoung S. Kim  and
Min W. Lee
Gi R. Song
Affiliation:
Business Administration, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
Kyoung S. Kim*
Affiliation:
Business Administration, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
Min W. Lee
Affiliation:
Business Administration, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
*
Corresponding author: kskim@knu.ac.kr
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Abstract

According to social exchange theory, the motivation for organizational citizenship behavior can be understood with the help of the frameworks of obligation to reciprocate and expected reciprocity. This study predicts that the true motivation for organizational citizenship behavior could be differentiated conditional on the career plateau. These relationships predict the existence of a U-shaped nonlinear relationship between the career plateau and organizational citizenship behavior. In addition to exploring this relationship, the study attempted to discover the effect of organizational commitment and job involvement on the relationship. As a result, a U-shaped curvilinear relationship is applied between career plateau and four dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior except civic virtue. Commitment and involvement show unexpected moderating effects on those curved relationships.

Keywords

career plateauorganizational citizenship behaviororganizational commitmentjob involvementcurvilinear relationship
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , November 2019 , pp. 914 - 935
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2018 

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