Organizational citizenship behavior and organizational commitment in Nepal

Thaneswor Gautam; Rolf van Dick; Ulrich Wagner; Narottam Upadhyay; Ann J. Davis

doi:10.1111/j.1467-839X.2005.00172.x

Organizational citizenship behavior and organizational commitment in Nepal

Thaneswor Gautam, Rolf van Dick^*, Ulrich Wagner, Narottam Upadhyay, Ann J. Davis

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The present study examines the structure of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and its relation to organizational commitment in Nepal. Four-hundred and fifty employees of five Nepalese organizations filled out standardized questionnaires. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed two factors of OCB, altruism and compliance, replicating Western models of extra-role behavior. Structural equation analysis showed a positive relation between affective and normative commitment on the one hand and both citizenship factors on the other. Continuance commitment was negatively related to compliance and unrelated to altruism. The findings thus confirmed the structure and usefulness of the concepts in an under-researched geographical area. Findings of the research are discussed within the Nepalese sociocultural context. © Blackwell Publishing Ltd with the Asian Association of Social Psychology and the Japanese Group Dynamics Association 2005.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-314
Number of pages	10
Journal	Asian Journal of Social Psychology
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-839X.2005.00172.x
Publication status	Published - Dec 2005

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culture
nepal
organizational citizenship behaviour
organizational commitment

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