Institutional Importance and OCB
Institutional anomie theory argues that social institutions offer structures that help the individuals to adapt to the environment, mobilize and deploy their resources, and impart norms that can affect their selection of dispositions and actions in the society (Aldrich & Wiedenmayer, 1993; Messner & Rosenfeld, 2001). Importance given to economic and noneconomic institutions is perceived to be considerable influence on employees’ behavior as it serves as an indirect assessment of individual assimilation and adherence to the values linked with these institutions. Consequently, this paper proposes for their impacts on employees’ demonstration of OCB.
Economic Importance and Individual-level OCB
Economy is the institution in control for the production and allocation of wealth, goods, and services in the society (Messner & Rosenfeld, 2001). As the institution centers on material abundance, a society that puts high regard on the economy incites utilitarian mindset that intensifies egoistic desires among its members (Esping-Andersen, 1990; Cullen et al., 2004; Stults & Baumer, 2008). Accordingly, employees placing high importance to the economy will tend to pursue in an expedient manner their personal rather than …show more content…
The role of polity is to uphold public service and well-being through distribution and mobilization of resources (Messner & Rosenfeld, 2001; Schoepfer & Piquero, 2006). Since the chief purpose of polity is to promote collective welfare, it cultivates harmony and cooperation among the citizens. High importance given to polity subsequently shifts personal aspirations to shared ones. This insinuates that employees who value polity are more likely to demonstrate OCB to advance organizational goals. However, those who give less importance to polity signify that they discount society’s welfare and have higher tendency to seek individual pecuniary desires. This will discourage employees to perform citizenship
Institutional anomie theory argues that social institutions offer structures that help the individuals to adapt to the environment, mobilize and deploy their resources, and impart norms that can affect their selection of dispositions and actions in the society (Aldrich & Wiedenmayer, 1993; Messner & Rosenfeld, 2001). Importance given to economic and noneconomic institutions is perceived to be considerable influence on employees’ behavior as it serves as an indirect assessment of individual assimilation and adherence to the values linked with these institutions. Consequently, this paper proposes for their impacts on employees’ demonstration of OCB.
Economic Importance and Individual-level OCB
Economy is the institution in control for the production and allocation of wealth, goods, and services in the society (Messner & Rosenfeld, 2001). As the institution centers on material abundance, a society that puts high regard on the economy incites utilitarian mindset that intensifies egoistic desires among its members (Esping-Andersen, 1990; Cullen et al., 2004; Stults & Baumer, 2008). Accordingly, employees placing high importance to the economy will tend to pursue in an expedient manner their personal rather than …show more content…
The role of polity is to uphold public service and well-being through distribution and mobilization of resources (Messner & Rosenfeld, 2001; Schoepfer & Piquero, 2006). Since the chief purpose of polity is to promote collective welfare, it cultivates harmony and cooperation among the citizens. High importance given to polity subsequently shifts personal aspirations to shared ones. This insinuates that employees who value polity are more likely to demonstrate OCB to advance organizational goals. However, those who give less importance to polity signify that they discount society’s welfare and have higher tendency to seek individual pecuniary desires. This will discourage employees to perform citizenship