Going the extra mile: Perceived self-efficacy, family-work enrichment, promotion focus, and organisational citizenship behaviour

Abstract

Drawing on control theory, this paper moves closer to understanding the individual antecedents of employee citizenship behaviours. It explores the combined effect of three antecedents – job self-efficacy, family-work enrichment, and promotion focus – on service delivery organisational citizenship behaviour. Moderated Hierarchical Regression Modelling is performed on a sample of 198 call centre employees. The findings show a U-shaped curvilinear relationship between job self-efficacy and service delivery organisational citizenship behaviour for those employees who experience family-work enrichment. The results also confirm the three-way interaction of job self-efficacy, family--work enrichment, and promotion focus as joint predictors of citizenship behaviour. Theoretical implications are outlined along with practical steps for employers motivated to encourage citizenship behaviours in their teams, departments and sectors.