Relations of Challenge-Hindrance Stressors with Organizational Citizenship Behavior: the Role of Positive Emotion and Power Distance
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DOI: 10.25236/ICSM.2019.048
Author(s)
Li Wei, Yang Jiao
Corresponding Author
Yang Jiao
Abstract
The study investigates how challenge and hindrance influence organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in the organizational culture of China. Based on Conservation of resources theory, the authors found whether challenge stressors or hindrance stressors had negative links with OCB. In addition, results showed that positive emotion perfectly mediated the relationship between two-dimensional stressors and OCB. Although, power distance had not directly moderating effect on the model, there is an indirect moderation when the relationship between stressors and OCB is mediated by positive emotion. The higher power distance, the indirect effect of positive emotion is more obvious. This research could provide some theoretical implications for future stressors study and practical implications for management.
Keywords
Challenge-hindrance stressors; OCB; power distance; positive emotions