Helping in the Workplace: A Social Cognitive Perspective

dc.contributor.authorKalanick, Julie Lynnen
dc.contributor.committeechairHauenstein, Neil M. A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAxsom, Danny K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCarlson, Kevin D.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:09:47Zen
dc.date.adate2008-05-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:09:47Zen
dc.date.issued2008-04-04en
dc.date.rdate2008-05-13en
dc.date.sdate2008-04-16en
dc.description.abstractThis study employed an experimental design intended to be an analog to the workplace to examine a person by situation interactive effect on OCBs, which were evaluated as prosocial behaviors. This study also sought to provide initial empirical support for the two-stage social cognitive model of OCBs proposed by Hauenstein and Kalanick (2008). Participants were 194 undergraduates. The study was a 2 (Helpfulness) by 2 (Fairness) design. After completing distracter tasks 1 and 2, participants received either a helpfulness prime or a control prime (task 3). Participants then either experienced either a fair manipulation or an unfair manipulation. Results indicated a distinction between the decision to help and helping effort, which has not been thoroughly examined in literature on OCBs. Results revealed main effects for the helpfulness prime and fairness manipulation on the decision to engage in helping. The nature of these effects was that participants helped more when they were primed with helpfulness and when they experienced fairness. However, once helping commenced, there was an interactive effect between helpfulness and fairness such that the helpfulness prime had a stronger effect on participants treated unfairly. Implications for future research on OCBs are discussed.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04162008-112006en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04162008-112006/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26909en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartJulieLynnKalanickDissertationETD.5.13.08.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartIRBapproval.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMeta-Theoryen
dc.subjectControl Theoryen
dc.subjectSocial Cognitive Theoryen
dc.subjectSelf-Regulationen
dc.subjectOrganizational Citizenship Behaviorsen
dc.subjectOCBsen
dc.subjectCAPsen
dc.subjectPerson by Situation Interactionsen
dc.titleHelping in the Workplace: A Social Cognitive Perspectiveen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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