Role Definition as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Safety Climate and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among Hospital Nurses |
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Authors: | Olga L Clark Michael J Zickar Steve M Jex |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT, 06117, USA 2. Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA
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Abstract: | Purpose This field study investigated the moderating influence of role definitions on the association between safety climate and employees’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Design/Methodology Data were obtained from 94 hospital nurse dyads. Focal nurses and their peers completed paper surveys. All predictor measures were self-reported; whereas the OCB ratings were provided by nurses’ peers. Findings Nurses’ perceptions of job requirements regarding OCB (i.e., OCB-specific role definitions) moderated the relationship between psychological safety climate and peer-rated OCB. The correlation between psychological safety climate and OCB was significant when nurses’ role definitions were narrow but non-existent when role definitions were broad. Implications This study links managerial commitment to safety to nurses’ pro-social behavior and identifies an important boundary condition. Originality-Value The link between safety climate and safety compliance has been firmly established. We investigated a less well-researched association between safety and OCB and proposed a theoretical foundation for this positive association. |
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