This study investigates how and when project leader workplace anxiety influences project team member organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Drawing from social information processing theory and the dual process model, we propose that project leader workplace anxiety negatively affects project team member OCB via job frustration and career adaptability. We also propose that project team member core self-evaluation moderates these hypothesized relationships. We test our hypotheses using multisource and time-lagged data from a sample of 269 matched project leader-member dyads. Theoretical and practical implications and future research directions are discussed.
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