Unravelling the Relationship Between High-involvement Work Practices and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: A Sequential Mediation Approach

Abstract

Using primary data from 575 employees of 209 organizations, the current study progresses the research between high-involvement work practices (HIWP) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in the Indian context. The results have revealed that the employees’ perceptions of HIWP including contingent appraisal and compensation, extensive training, self-managed teams, flexible work arrangements and empowerment result in enhanced work motivation (WM), improved job satisfaction (JS), heightened organizational commitment and higher degree of engagement in citizenship behaviour among employees. With establishment of a multi-step partial mediation model, the findings further reveal that the relationship between HIWP and OCB is individually and serially mediated by WM, JS and affective commitment (AC). The implications of these results for theory and practice of progressive HR practices in the Indian context are discussed.

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High-involvement work practices motivation JS commitment citizenship behaviour India

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