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- Title
Friends Don't Make Friends Good Citizens, But Advisors Do.
- Authors
Zagenczyk, Thomas J.; Gibney, Ray; Murrell, Audrey J.; Boss, Scott R.
- Abstract
The authors explore whether employees' willingness to perform organization citizenship behavior (OCB), or go "above and beyond" what is required by their jobs, is affected by social influence. The authors draw on social information processing and social learning theories to argue that OCB is contagious, or affected by the OCB of employees with whom a focal employee maintains social network ties. A study of admissions department employees reveals that strong advice ties between employees are positively and significantly related to similarity in OCB, whereas strong friendship ties and weak ties are not. Implications for research and practice, including suggestions for influencing ethical behavior in organizations, are discussed.
- Subjects
CONSULTANTS; WORK ethic; CORPORATE culture; SOCIAL networks; SOCIAL change; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; ORGANIZATIONAL structure; SOCIOLOGY of work
- Publication
Group & Organization Management, 2008, Vol 33, Issue 6, p760
- ISSN
1059-6011
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1059601108326806