Many hands lighter work? Deciphering the relationship between adverse working conditions and organization citizenship behaviours in small and medium-sized enterprises during a severe economic crisis
What is the relationship between adverse working conditions and employees’ organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating under a severe economic crisis? To address this question, a survey of 312 front-line workers was undertaken in 62 Greek SMEs − an instrumental setting where the current deterioration of working conditions is acute. Our contribution is twofold. First, we develop and test a scale for measuring adverse working conditions. Second, we decipher the extent to which such conditions relate to organizational and individual aspects of OCB, considering job satisfaction's mediating role. Through this research we extend the OCB literature within the context of SMEs operating under severe economic crisis and highlight the implications for managing human resources in SMEs, a sector conspicuous for its socio-economic significance and its vulnerability during economic downturns.
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School
- Loughborough Business School
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British Journal of ManagementVolume
30Issue
3Pages
519 - 537Publisher
WileyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© British Academy of ManagementPublisher statement
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Psychogios, A., Nyfoudi, M., Theodorakopoulos, N., Szamosi, L.T. and Prouska, R. (2019), Many Hands Lighter Work? Deciphering the Relationship between Adverse Working Conditions and Organization Citizenship Behaviours in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises during a Severe Economic Crisis. Brit J Manage, 30: 519-537. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12245, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12245. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.Acceptance date
2017-06-06Publication date
2017-11-03Copyright date
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1045-3172eISSN
1467-8551Publisher version
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- en