ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR: THE VIEWS OF EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS OF A HOME APPLIANCES INDUSTRY

ABSTRACT

This study’s main objective is to identify the organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) prevalent in the organizational context from the perspective of employees and managers of a home appliances industry. To this end, we carried out a descriptive study of quantitative and qualitative nature, accomplished through a case study in an appliance manufacturing company. Initially, in the quantitative stage, 302 employees belonging to different hierarchical positions the Company searched answered a questionnaire drawn from the Scale of Civility in Organizations from Port and Tamayo (2003). In a second step, the qualitative one, 10 managers of the investigated company participated in semi-structured interviews, and the protocol was drawn up in the light of the Porto and Tamayo (2003) model. The main findings are that, with respect to the OCB, the behaviors of the protection system and cooperation with colleagues were nominated by employees and managers as the most present in the organizational context investigated. In contrast, in the view of the employees, self-training and organizational management suggestions are less practiced in the workplace. However, the vision of managers presented some disagreements, as pointed out these behaviors as recurrent in the members of the organization.

Keywords:
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors; Employees; Managers