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The relationship between perceived organizational support and proactive behaviour directed towards the organization

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Caesens, Gaëtane [UCL] Marique, Géraldine [UCL] Hanin, Dorothée [UCL] Stinglhamber, Florence [UCL]

Numerous studies have shown that perceived organizational support has positive consequences on both employees and organizations. However, no study has examined the causal relationship between perceived organizational support and proactive behaviour directed towards the organization and few studies have identified potential mechanisms underlying this relationship. We first investigated the direction of causality between perceived organizational support and proactive behaviour, and hypothesized that perceived organizational support leads to proactive behaviour directed towards the organization. Second, based on social exchange and motivational perspectives, we examined two potential mechanisms underlying this relationship, i.e., felt obligation and work engagement. Employees from a Belgian Federal Public Service were invited to take part in a three-wave longitudinal survey. Using a cross-lagged panel design, our results (N = 1963) revealed that Time 2 perceived organizational support was positively related to Time 3 proactive behaviour towards the organization, whereas the reverse was not true. Additionally, our results (N = 1293) showed that Time 2 felt obligation and Time 2 work engagement mediated the positive relationship between Time 1 perceived organizational support and Time 3 proactive behaviour directed towards the organization

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2016
Language Anglais
Journal information "European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology" - Vol. 25, no. 3, p. 398-411 (2016)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Routledge (Abingdon)
issn 1359-432X
e-issn 1464-0643
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
Keywords cross-lagged panel design ; felt obligation ; perceived organizational support ; proactive behaviour directed towards the organization ; work engagement
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Bibliographic reference Caesens, Gaëtane ; Marique, Géraldine ; Hanin, Dorothée ; Stinglhamber, Florence. The relationship between perceived organizational support and proactive behaviour directed towards the organization. In: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 25, no. 3, p. 398-411 (2016)
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