Gender and Deployment Effects on Pro-Organizational Behaviors of U.S. Soldiers

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Woodruff ◽  
Ryan Kelty
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Gender Integration ◽  
Organizational Behaviors ◽  
Gender Inclusion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Combat Deployments ◽  
The U.S

This study examines whether gender moderates the relationships between deployment and both organizational identification and pro-organizational behaviors. The broader context motivating this study is the U.S. military’s 2016 rescission of the ground combat exclusion, accomplishing full gender integration in the armed forces. Structural equation modeling is used to test for gender moderation effects. Results reveal deployment frequency, but not current deployment, has small effects on several pro-organizational behaviors. Results also show that gender does not moderate the effects of deployment frequency on soldiers’ perceptions of the organization or economic or social satisfaction. Gender does moderate the effects of deployment frequency on soldiers’ identification with the army. Additionally, while gender was not found to moderate the relationship between combat deployments and overall pro-organizational behaviors among soldiers, it does moderate the effect of deployments on one pro-organizational item: sacrificing behavior. Implications are discussed with an eye toward full gender inclusion in the U.S. military.

Structural empowerment and serving culture as determinants of organizational identification and turnover intention

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Radoslaw Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employee Identification ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to provide an alternative explanation for how organizations could increase levels of organizational identification, in turn reducing employee turnover intention. Specifically, the study empirically tests the joint effect of two types of organizational resources – structural empowerment and serving culture (SE*SC) – on employee identification. Moreover, it investigates the mediating effect of organizational identification on the relationship between the joint effect (SE*SC) and turnover intention. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected in 2018 from employees working in a higher education institution located in the USA. Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model. Findings Statistical analysis reveals the positive joint effect (SE*SC) on organizational identification and the mediating effect of identification on the relationship between the joint effect (SE*SC) and turnover intention. Originality/value This study contributes to past research by revealing a new important mechanism. Business organizations could increase levels of employee identification and, in turn, reduce turnover by providing empowering resources that allow employees to successfully complete their jobs. Moreover, the study also contributes to practice by providing some recommendations that managers may implement to improve internal effectiveness in their respective organizations.

Millennials’ intention to stay and word-of-mouth referrals

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Decha Dechawatanapaisal
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Intention To Stay ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived External Prestige ◽  
Person Organization Fit ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating effect of organizational identification in the relationship between person-organization fit and intention to stay as well as word-of-mouth referrals. The study also examines the role of perceived external prestige as a moderator of the relationship between organizational identification and intention to stay and word-of-mouth referrals. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 2,649 millennial employees working in various companies located within the Central Thailand Industrial Estates. The hypothesized relationships were tested and analyzed by means of a confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, hierarchical regression and a bootstrapping procedure. Findings The results revealed that the direct relationships between person-organization fit and intention to stay as well as word-of-mouth referrals were found to be partially mediated by organizational identification. In addition, perceived external prestige was found to have a moderating effect on the relationship between organizational identification and word-of-mouth referrals, but found no effect on employee retention. Research limitations/implications The current research took place among the millennial workers in Thai organizations, which needs to be extended to other generational cohorts or different culture settings for more generalization. Practical implications The results imply that managers should routinely assess and monitor person-organization compatibility, and ensure that corporate cultures, values and norms are properly communicated and mutually shared among the millennial workers. The aim is to inspire them to perceive better fits and proudly identify with their workplace. Such efforts are likely to induce not only retention, but also should encourage word-of-mouth referrals. Originality/value This study extends existing knowledge by assessing the relationships among person-organization fit, organizational identification and perceived external prestige as well as their impacts on intention to stay and word-of-mouth referrals by millennial employees, which has not been extensively investigated in the literature.

Narcissistic Leadership and Employees' Knowledge Sharing: Influence of Organizational Identification and Collectivism

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1317-1329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Xiao ◽  
Fengzhong Liu ◽  
Fangfang Zhou ◽  
Silu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Paired Data ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the effects of narcissistic leadership on employees' knowledge sharing by analyzing the mediating role of organizational identification and the moderating role of collectivism. Using structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression we analyzed 228 sets of paired data obtained from employees and their immediate supervisors at organizations in China. We found that narcissistic leadership had a negative effect on knowledge sharing among our respondents, and that organizational identification fully mediated the relationship between narcissistic leadership and knowledge sharing. Moreover, collectivism positively moderated the relationship between narcissistic leadership and knowledge sharing. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Exploring the Direct and Indirect Linkages Between Supervisory Disrespect and Officer Cooperation and Disrespect in Policing

2021 ◽  
pp. 109861112110378
Author(s):  
Cynthia-Lee Williams ◽  
Yuning Wu ◽  
Ivan Y. Sun ◽  
Marrten Van Craen
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research And Policy

Although recent studies have found that organizational justice is instrumental in promoting beneficial outcomes within police agencies, relatively little is known about how organizational injustice may be linked to police officers’ occupational attitudes and behaviors. We propose a theoretical framework linking disrespectful supervisors directly to officers’ willingness to cooperate with supervisors and treat citizens with respect and indirectly through occupational stress, organizational commitment, and organizational identification. Based on survey data collected from 584 police officers in Taiwan, we tested the proposed direct and indirect relationships using structural equation modeling (SEM) approaches. We found that having disrespectful supervisors directly lowers officers’ willingness to work with supervisors. The relationship between disrespectful supervisors and disrespectful officers is largely indirect, mediated by occupational stress, organizational commitment, and organizational identification. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.

scholarly journals Mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between organizational identification and organizational commitment

Pomorstvo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-244
Author(s):  
Murat Yorulmaz ◽  
Ezgi Mansuroğlu ◽  
Gönül Kaya Özbağ
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Organizational Attitudes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
The Relationship

Understanding the relationship between an organization and the employees in that organization is of paramount importance for the success and future of that organization. This is related to the measurement of the organizational attitudes and behaviours of employees and the use of these attitudes and behaviours for forward-looking predictions. This being said, the aim of the study is to explore the relationship between the organizational identification levels of employees in ship agencies, and their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. For the purpose of this study, the data were obtained from 265 employees of different ship agencies in the cities of Istanbul and Kocaeli, Turkey, through questionnaire. The data then were analyzed via the structural equation modeling analyses, which were conducted using AMOS v22 by Bootstrap resampling with 5000 replications; the results have showed that organizational identification has both a positive direct and an indirect effect on organizational commitment, the latter through job satisfaction. Further, this study revealed that organizational identification, together with job satisfaction, explained about 0.59% of the variation in organizational commitment.

scholarly journals “Mission Matters”

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-793
Author(s):  
ByungJik Kim ◽  
WonKoo Ji ◽  
SangGil Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Private Bank ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

The current study tested whether organizational trust mediated the relationship between perceived corporate social responsibility(CSR) and organizational identification(OI). In order to investigate the hypotheses, 11843 employees in private bank were sampled across two time points. Using structural equation modeling(SEM), we set moderated mediation model which elaborately delves into the significance of the hypotheses. The results showed that organizational trust mediated the link between perceived CSR and OI. In addition, the relationship between perceived CSR and organizational trust was moderated by mission commitment. The implications and limitations, and suggestions for future research were discussed.

scholarly journals “Does a Good Company Reduce the Unhealthy Behavior of Its Members?”: The Mediating Effect of Organizational Identification and the Moderating Effect of Moral Identity

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6969
Author(s):  
Byung-Jik Kim ◽  
Se-Yeon Choi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Relationship

In the contemporary business environment where business ethics is critical for organizational performance, the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasing. By investigating the mechanism of the effects of CSR on counterproductive work behavior (CWB), the present study suggests that CSR decreases negative employee behavior. Based on social identity theory and context-attitude-behavior framework, this research examines the underlying process and its contingent factor of the association between CSR and CWB. Specifically, this study hypothesizes that CSR decreases CWB by enhancing employees’ organizational identification and that moral identity positively moderates the relationship between CSR and organizational identification. Using three-wave online survey data from 368 employees in Korean firms, this paper tested our hypotheses by conducting moderated mediation analysis with structural equation modeling. The results showed that CSR is negatively related to CWB through organizational identification and that moral identity positively moderates the relationship between CSR and organizational identification. The current study’s findings have crucial theoretical and practical implications in CSR literature.

The Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment in the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Identification of Employees

2020 ◽  
pp. 002188632092095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suchandra Bose ◽  
Bhaswati Patnaik ◽  
Seemita Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

The study examined the association between transformational leadership and organizational identification of employees. The relationship between transformational leadership and psychological empowerment and the possible mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational identification of employees was also studied. A hypothesized model was developed to examine the relationship between the constructs. Sample for the study comprised 199 employees from the IT sector. Instruments used were Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire, Smidts et al.’s (2001) Organizational Identification Questionnaire and Spreitzer’s (1995) Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS and structural equation modeling in AMOS. It was indicated that transformational leadership had positive and significant impact on organizational identification as well as psychological empowerment of employees. Psychological empowerment acting as a mediator between these two constructs was established. It was found that the developed model would pave way for more attention toward psychological empowerment among leaders and employees in organization.

scholarly journals Self-concept orientation and organizational identification: a mediated relationship

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 358-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Guo ◽  
Jane K. Miller ◽  
Melissa S. Woodard ◽  
Daniel J. Miller ◽  
Kirk D. Silvernail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test a mediated model of the relationship between self-concept orientation (individualist and collectivist) and organizational identification (OrgID, Cooper and Thatcher, 2010), with proposed mediators including the need for organizational identification (nOID, Glynn, 1998) as well as self-presentation concerns of social adjustment (SA) and value expression (VE, Highhouse et al., 2007). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 509 participants in seven countries. Direct and mediation effects were tested using structural equation modeling (AMOS 25.0). Findings Individualist self-concept orientation was positively related to VE and collectivist self-concept orientation was positively related to nOID, VE and SA. VE mediated the relationship between both self-concept orientations and OrgID. In addition, nOID mediated the relationship for collectivist self-concept orientation. Practical implications This study identifies underlying psychological needs as mediators of the relationship of self-concept orientation to OrgID. Understanding these linkages enables employers to develop practices that resonate with the self-concept orientations and associated psychological needs of their employees, thereby enhancing OrgID. Originality/value This study provides a significant contribution to the OrgID literature by proposing and testing for relationships between self-concept orientations and OrgID as mediated by underlying psychological needs. The results provide support for the mediated model as well as many of Cooper and Thatcher’s (2010) theoretical propositions, with notable exceptions.

scholarly journals “Finding meaning of work through a good action”

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-436
Author(s):  
ByungJik Kim ◽  
WonKoo Ji ◽  
SangGil Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Meaning Of Work ◽  
Hypothetical Model ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

This study tested whether meaning of work mediated the link between perceived corporate social responsibility and organizational identification. In order to examine the hypothetical model, 11843 employees were sampled across three time points. In structural equation modeling, the hypothetical model explaining the structural paths and the goodness of fit of the model were evaluated. The results showed that meaning of work mediated the relationship between perceived corporate social responsibility and organizational identification. The implications and limitations of the study as well as suggestions for future studies were discussed.

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