Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7247568 | Journal of Vocational Behavior | 2016 | 68 Pages |
Abstract
While there has been considerable research on gender differences in core task performance, gender differences in organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) have been largely ignored. Gender-consistent roles of females as being supportive would lead to the prediction that females engage in more OCB and less CWB than males. Using meta-analytic data gathered across 395 samples, we found several (weak) gender differences in CWB but none in OCB. We explain null and weak relationships from the perspective of social role theory, especially regarding males' roles being career-focused.
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Authors
Thomas W.H. Ng, Simon S.K. Lam, Daniel C. Feldman,