A field study of 182 university students in their residences tested the relationships among subjective time pressure, Type A scores, and organizational citizenship behavior. Perceived time pressure did not inhibit any form of citizenship behavior. Scores on the Achievement-Striving dimension of the Type A measure were positively related to the impersonal form of citizenship behavior as well as perceived time pressure and grade point average.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BarlingJ.BluenS.MossV. (1990) Type A behavior and marital dissatisfaction: disentangling the effects of achievement striving and impatience-irritability. Journal of Psychology, 124, 311–319.
2.
BluenS. D.BarlingJ.BurnsW. (1990) Predicting sales performance, job satisfaction, and depression by using the achievement strivings and impatience-irritability dimensions of Type A behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75, 212–216.
3.
EdwardsJ. R.BaglioniA. J.Jr.CooperC. L. (1990) Examining the relationships among self-report measures of the Type A behavior pattern: the effects of dimensionality, measurement error, and differences in underlying constructs. Journal of Applied Psychology, 15, 440–454.
4.
HuiC.OrganD. W.CrookerK. (1994) Time pressure, Type A syndrome, and organizational citizenship behavior: a laboratory experiment. Psychological Reports, 75, 199–208.
5.
IvancevichJ. M.MattesonM. T. (1980) Stress and work: a managerial perspective. Glen-view, IL: Scott Foresman.
6.
JenkinsC. D.RosenmanR. H.FriedmanM. (1967) Development of an objective psychological test for the determination of the coronary-prone patterns in employed men. Journal of Chronic Disease, 20, 371–379.
7.
KonovskyM. A.OrganD. W. (in press) Dispositional and contextual determinants of organizational citizenship behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior.
8.
McCraR. R.CostaP. T.Jr. (1987) Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 81–90.
9.
OrganD. W.LinglA. (in press) Personality, satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior. Journal of Social Psychology.
10.
SmithC. A.OrganD. W.NearJ. P. (1983) Organizational citizenship behavior: its nature and antecedents. Journal of Applied Psychology, 68, 653–663.
11.
SpenceJ. T.HelmreichR. L.PredR. S. (1987) Impatience versus achievement strivings in the Type A Pattern: differential effects on students' health and academic achievement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 72, 522–528.
