Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context

Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context

The study examines the role of organizational justice (OJ) in promoting extra role behavior (ERB). OJ is a multi dimensional construct and involves fairness of reward/resource allocation decisions, procedural aspects of these decisions, fairness in interpersonal treatment, and fairness in informatio...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Arif, Kamariah, Mohd Noor
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Language:English
Published: KENMS-IIUM Press 2008
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HF5549 Personnel management
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spelling iium-18302012-09-18T03:43:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1830/ Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context Hassan, Arif Kamariah, Mohd Noor HF5549 Personnel management The study examines the role of organizational justice (OJ) in promoting extra role behavior (ERB). OJ is a multi dimensional construct and involves fairness of reward/resource allocation decisions, procedural aspects of these decisions, fairness in interpersonal treatment, and fairness in information and explanation given to employees concerning decisions relevant to them. ERB involves discretionary behavior such as helping other employees and developing ideas, speaking up on issues and voicing concerns relevant to the work group. Recent conceptualizations distinguish ERB from organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), which includes dimensions such as compliance and conscientiousness. The paper is based on a study that uses Van Dyne, Cummings and Parks’ (1995) measure of ERB. This instrument measures two dimensions of ERB, namely, helping (defined as affiliative and promotive behavior) and voice (defined as challenging and promotive behavior). Using data from lower and middle level managers from a mix of organizations, the study validated the four and two dimensional construct of OJ and ERB respectively. Cross cultural studies on social values have identified Malaysia as high on power distance and collectivism. Based on arguments from literature on normative influence of social values on human behavior, the study expected no relationship of OJ with ERB in Malaysia. Results supported the hypotheses. KENMS-IIUM Press 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1830/1/IIUM_J_of_Econ_%26_Magt_Vol_16_%282%29_Paper.pdf Hassan, Arif and Kamariah, Mohd Noor (2008) Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context. IIUM Journal of Economics and Management, 16 (2). pp. 187-208. ISSN 1394-7680 http://www.iium.edu.my/enmjournal
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Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context
description The study examines the role of organizational justice (OJ) in promoting extra role behavior (ERB). OJ is a multi dimensional construct and involves fairness of reward/resource allocation decisions, procedural aspects of these decisions, fairness in interpersonal treatment, and fairness in information and explanation given to employees concerning decisions relevant to them. ERB involves discretionary behavior such as helping other employees and developing ideas, speaking up on issues and voicing concerns relevant to the work group. Recent conceptualizations distinguish ERB from organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), which includes dimensions such as compliance and conscientiousness. The paper is based on a study that uses Van Dyne, Cummings and Parks’ (1995) measure of ERB. This instrument measures two dimensions of ERB, namely, helping (defined as affiliative and promotive behavior) and voice (defined as challenging and promotive behavior). Using data from lower and middle level managers from a mix of organizations, the study validated the four and two dimensional construct of OJ and ERB respectively. Cross cultural studies on social values have identified Malaysia as high on power distance and collectivism. Based on arguments from literature on normative influence of social values on human behavior, the study expected no relationship of OJ with ERB in Malaysia. Results supported the hypotheses.
format Article
author Hassan, Arif
Kamariah, Mohd Noor
author_facet Hassan, Arif
Kamariah, Mohd Noor
author_sort Hassan, Arif
title Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context
title_short Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context
title_full Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context
title_fullStr Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context
title_full_unstemmed Organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the Malaysian cultural context
title_sort organizational justice and extra-role behavior: examining the relationship in the malaysian cultural context
publisher KENMS-IIUM Press
publishDate 2008
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/1830/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/1830/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/1830/1/IIUM_J_of_Econ_%26_Magt_Vol_16_%282%29_Paper.pdf
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