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Do Sick Coworkers Make us Help Others?: Investigating the Critical Roles of Citizenship Pressure and Psychological Detachment

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2022-01-10

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Boekhorst, Janet A.
Halinski, Michael

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Wiley

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Although researchers have started to uncover the positive effects of presenteeism, research has yet to unearth the positive implications of coworker presenteeism. We draw from social information processing theory to hypothesize that coworker presenteeism has a positive indirect effect on organizational citizenship behaviors directed towards the organization (OCBOs) and other individuals (OCBIs) via citizenship pressure. Building on these hypotheses, we further theorize that the indirect effect of coworker presenteeism on OCBOs and OCBIs differ when employees are psychologically detached from their organization. Based on data collected using a time-separated research design (n = 277 employees), the results reveal that coworker presenteeism has a positive indirect effect on both forms of OCBs via citizenship pressure. The results further demonstrate that the indirect effect of coworker presenteeism on OCBIs via citizenship pressure strengthens for employees who are psychologically detached from their organization. Importantly, this research shows that there are positive behavioral implications associated with coworker presenteeism.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Boekhorst, J. A., & Halinski, M. (2022). Do sick coworkers make us help others?: Investigating the critical roles of citizenship pressure and psychological detachment. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 44(6), 888–901, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2600. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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coworker presenteeism, citizenship pressure, psychological detachment, organizational citizenship behaviors, social information processing, social norms

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https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2600
 http://hdl.handle.net/10012/20698

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