Organizational citizenship behaviors in the era of changing employment patterns: The complementary roles of psychological contracts and protean and boundaryless careers. Issue 2 (23rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lo Presti, Alessandro; Manuti, Amelia; Briscoe, Jon P.
• Is Part Of: Career development international. Volume 24:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 127
• Page End: 145
• Publication Date: 2019-04-23
• Subjects: Organizational behaviour -- Psychological contracts -- Organizational citizenship behaviours -- Boundaryless career attitude -- Protean career attitude; Career development -- Periodicals; Executives -- Training of -- Periodicals; 650.1
• DOI: 10.1108/CDI-05-2018-0137
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1362-0436

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: The increasing flexibility and discontinuity of labor relations have been associated with the development of new forms of psychological contracts as well as the development of more self-directed and mobile career attitudes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the forms of psychological contract and protean/boundaryless career attitudes on the one hand and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) on the other. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 458 employees of three large Italian organizations were sampled through a self-report questionnaire. Zero-order correlations were carried out to examine the associations between study variables while dominance analysis, along with multiple linear regression, was used for evaluating their unique contribution with respect to OCB. Findings: OCB were positively predicted by relational and balanced psychological contracts, protean career attitude and boundaryless mindset. Practical implications: Organizations must pay particular attention to the content of the psychological contract and the career attitudes of their employees because they influence their willingness to carry out OCB. Originality/value: The results add new evidence to the careers literature in terms of boundary conditions with regard to the effects of protean and boundaryless career attitudes as well as different forms of psychological contracts.