The Effect of the OCB Gap on Task Performance with the Moderating Role of Task Interdependence
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background and Hypotheses
3. Methodology
3.1. Samples
3.2. Measures
3.3. Analyses
4. Results
4.1. Validity and Reliability Analysis Analyses
4.2. Discriptives Statistics
4.3. Hypotheses Testing
5. Discussion
5.1. Overall Findings
5.2. Implications for Theory and Practice
5.3. Limitations and Directions for Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Iteams | Factor 1 (OCB) | Factor 2 (TP) | Factor 3 (TI) | Cronbach’s Alpha |
---|---|---|---|---|
OCB1 | 0.670 | 0.361 | 0.099 | 0.96 |
OCB2 | 0.723 | 0.429 | 0.029 | |
OCB3 | 0.685 | 0.511 | 0.001 | |
OCB4 | 0.727 | 0.371 | 0.092 | |
OCB5 | 0.621 | 0.505 | 0.063 | |
OCB6 | 0.637 | 0.443 | 0.096 | |
OCB7 | 0.665 | 0.502 | −0.029 | |
OCB8 | 0.610 | 0.485 | −0.057 | |
OCB9 | 0.602 | 0.561 | 0.109 | |
OCB10 | 0.693 | 0.472 | 0.125 | |
OCB11 | 0.865 | 0.216 | −0.029 | |
OCB12 | 0.811 | 0.332 | 0.148 | |
OCB13 | 0.830 | 0.300 | 0.019 | |
OCB14 | 0.850 | 0.257 | 0.057 | |
OCB15 | 0.814 | 0.359 | 0.013 | |
OCB16 | 0.796 | 0.262 | 0.151 | |
TP1 | 0.310 | 0.786 | −0.016 | 0.90 |
TP2 | 0.354 | 0.755 | 0.069 | |
TP3 | 0.443 | 0.682 | 0.063 | |
TP4 | 0.476 | 0.680 | 0.054 | |
TP5 | 0.500 | 0.452 | 0.095 | |
TP6 | −0.032 | 0.731 | 0.221 | |
TP7 | 0.066 | 0.746 | 0.153 | |
TI1 | 0.094 | 0.076 | 0.812 | 0.91 |
TI2 | 0.064 | 0.057 | 0.932 | |
TI3 | 0.067 | 0.058 | 0.928 | |
TI4 | 0.113 | 0.058 | 0.893 | |
Eigenvalues | 8.113 | 7.475 | 3.393 | |
Variance explained (%) | 30.047 | 27.686 | 12.568 | |
Accumulative variance explained (%) | 30.047 | 57.733 | 70.301 |
Mean | S.D. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Age | 34.90 | 6.73 | |||||||
2. Gender | 0.48 | 0.54 | −0.05 | ||||||
3. Education | 2.86 | 0.62 | −0.10 | −0.08 | |||||
4. Tenure | 6.04 | 5.45 | 0.49 *** | 0.01 | −0.12 | ||||
5. OCB | 5.04 | 0.88 | −0.04 | −0.19 * | 0.21 * | 0.14 | |||
6. OCB gab | 0.01 | 0.51 | −0.07 | 0.09 | −0.15 | −0.06 | −0.62 *** | ||
7. Task interdependence | 4.86 | 1.02 | −0.11 | −0.16 * | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.18 * | 0.17 * | |
8. Task performance | 5.12 | 0.86 | −0.11 | −0.11 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.76 *** | 0.38 *** | 0.21 * |
Task Performance | |||
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Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 |
Constant | 5.37 *** | 5.36 *** | 5.35 *** |
Age | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
Gender | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Education | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.01 |
Tenure | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
OCB | 0.83 *** | 0.83 *** | 0.82 *** |
OCB gap | 0.26 * | 0.26 * | 0.25 * |
Task interdependence (TI) | 0.07 | 0.07 | |
OCB gap X TI | 0.16 ** | ||
Pseudo R square | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
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Yang, Y.; Chae, H. The Effect of the OCB Gap on Task Performance with the Moderating Role of Task Interdependence. Sustainability 2022, 14, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010061
Yang Y, Chae H. The Effect of the OCB Gap on Task Performance with the Moderating Role of Task Interdependence. Sustainability. 2022; 14(1):61. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010061
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Yuha, and Heesun Chae. 2022. "The Effect of the OCB Gap on Task Performance with the Moderating Role of Task Interdependence" Sustainability 14, no. 1: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010061
APA StyleYang, Y., & Chae, H. (2022). The Effect of the OCB Gap on Task Performance with the Moderating Role of Task Interdependence. Sustainability, 14(1), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010061