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Modeling Corporate Citizenship and Its Relationship with Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

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Citizenship, such as corporate citizenship and organizational citizenship, has been an important issue in business management for decades. This study proposes a research model from the perspectives of social identity and resource allocation, by examining the influence of corporate citizenship on organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). In the model, OCBs are positively influenced by perceived legal citizenship and perceived ethical citizenship, while negatively influenced by perceived discretionary citizenship. Empirical testing using a survey of personnel from 18 large firms confirms most of our hypothesized effects. Theoretical and managerial implications of our findings are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Business and Management, National Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Chieh-Peng Lin

  2. Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Nyan-Myau Lyau

  3. Department of Finance, Chihlee Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Yuan-Hui Tsai

  4. Department of Education, National Taichung University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Wen-Yung Chen

  5. National Taichung University, Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Chou-Kang Chiu

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Lin, CP., Lyau, NM., Tsai, YH. et al. Modeling Corporate Citizenship and Its Relationship with Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. J Bus Ethics 95, 357–372 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0364-x

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