Gender Difference in of Organisational Behaviour (OCB) and Motives Underlying OCB

Abstract

Do men and women really differ in the kind of behaviour they display? Do their motives for indulging in certain behaviours differ from one another? This Gender debate has been a subject for speculation for the behaviourist. In today’s competitive world one needs an edge over another to succeed; the organisations especially like to understand aspects that will enable them to retain this edge. Human resource is one such area that if utilized to its true potential can ascertain wonderful result, however in order to so the management needs to understand their workforce. Understanding workforce also entails understanding the basic gender differences underlying behaviour. The current study focuses on understanding whether the female and male employees in an organisation differ in displaying Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) and whether their motives for indulging in this non mandatory behaviour differ as well. The study was conducted on 140 employees (70 Females, 70 Males) from the Information Technology sector