From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization

Prior studies indicate that fostering change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB-CH) among employees, wherein they actively contribute to the collective welfare of modern organizations, correlates positively with their positive affect. However, the precise mechanisms linking trait posi...

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Main Authors: Leonidas A. Zampetakis, Alexios Arvanitis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Organizational Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/forgp.2024.1443994/full
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description Prior studies indicate that fostering change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB-CH) among employees, wherein they actively contribute to the collective welfare of modern organizations, correlates positively with their positive affect. However, the precise mechanisms linking trait positive affect with OCB-CH remain unclear. This study used aggregated 5-day daily diary data from a sample of 236 full-time employees in Greece to examine positive affectivity differences in the characteristics of situational experiences and how these differences relate to employee OCB-CH via the use of emotions to facilitate performance. Employing multilevel structural equation modeling, the findings revealed a positive association between trait positive affectivity and the situation characteristics of duty, intellect, and positivity, from the DIAMONDS taxonomy. Furthermore, it was determined that perceptions of situational characteristics and emotional utilization sequentially mediated the relationship between positive affectivity and OCB-CH. This study enhances our understanding of how employee trait positive affectivity influences the manifestation of positive change in the form of OCB-CH within organizations.
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spelling doaj-art-77bbbe3d17c94e73a20ff51c91ed31122025-08-20T01:47:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Organizational Psychology2813-771X2024-10-01210.3389/forgp.2024.14439941443994From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilizationLeonidas A. ZampetakisAlexios ArvanitisPrior studies indicate that fostering change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB-CH) among employees, wherein they actively contribute to the collective welfare of modern organizations, correlates positively with their positive affect. However, the precise mechanisms linking trait positive affect with OCB-CH remain unclear. This study used aggregated 5-day daily diary data from a sample of 236 full-time employees in Greece to examine positive affectivity differences in the characteristics of situational experiences and how these differences relate to employee OCB-CH via the use of emotions to facilitate performance. Employing multilevel structural equation modeling, the findings revealed a positive association between trait positive affectivity and the situation characteristics of duty, intellect, and positivity, from the DIAMONDS taxonomy. Furthermore, it was determined that perceptions of situational characteristics and emotional utilization sequentially mediated the relationship between positive affectivity and OCB-CH. This study enhances our understanding of how employee trait positive affectivity influences the manifestation of positive change in the form of OCB-CH within organizations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/forgp.2024.1443994/fullpositive affectsituation characteristicsuse of emotionorganizational citizenship behaviorextra-role behaviorDIAMONDS
spellingShingle Leonidas A. Zampetakis
Alexios Arvanitis
From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization
Frontiers in Organizational Psychology
positive affect
situation characteristics
use of emotion
organizational citizenship behavior
extra-role behavior
DIAMONDS
title From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization
title_full From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization
title_fullStr From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization
title_full_unstemmed From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization
title_short From trait affect to situated performance of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior: the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization
title_sort from trait affect to situated performance of change oriented organizational citizenship behavior the pathway through situational construal and emotion utilization
topic positive affect
situation characteristics
use of emotion
organizational citizenship behavior
extra-role behavior
DIAMONDS
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/forgp.2024.1443994/full
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