title: Looking good or doing good? Motivations for organisational citizenship behaviour in Turkish versus South Korean collectivists.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore potential motivations to perform organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in collectivistic Turkish and South Korean societies. Although collectivism has been proposed as a predictor of OCB, previous research has not fully explored the possibility that collectivistic individuals' OCB may result from their self-oriented motives (i.e. social desirability concerns) or their future-oriented motives (i.e. long-term orientation concerns). We predicted that OCB stems from social desirability concerns among Turkish collectivists, meaning it is used for maintaining a positive image within the organisation. However, for South Korean collectivists, we predicted that OCB stems from their long-term orientation concerns, meaning it is used to make the organisation better. The results were in line with our predictions, and the findings are discussed in terms of their implications for firms in collectivistic societies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Merve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alabak
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Müjde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Booth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D015279:Organizational Culture; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012919:Social Behavior; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Collectivism; Long-term orientation; Organisational citizenship behaviour; Social desirability; South Korea; Turkey