Group Cohesiveness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Oil Companies in Nigeria
Keywords:
Group Cohesiveness, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Altruism, Civic VirtueAbstract
The study seek to establish an empirical relationship between Group cohesiveness and organizational citizenship behavior of Oil companies in Nigeria, the cross-sectional survey design was used for the research, the population includes 663 employees of the studied oil companies with a sample size of 249, the findings reveals a significant correlation between the empirical referents of group cohesiveness and organizational citizenship behaviour. From the findings we therefore, concludes that the success and achievement of improved organizational citizenship behaviour can be achieved through the effective management of various formal or informal social networking and group processes. And based on the findings the following recommendations are made; that Organisational policies on the management of group activities and cohesiveness should be structured to enable member’s growth, support and recognition and Groups and other networking activities within the organization should be structured in such a way that appreciates and recognizes employees for their efforts, contributions as well as prevailing differences both at the individual, group and at the organizational level.
How to cite this article: Johnson UU, Akopunwanne EU. Group Cohesiveness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Oil Companies in Nigeria.J Adv Res Qual Control Mgmt 2019; 4(1): 44-53.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2582.3280.201907
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2. Ashtiani A. Coordinating expertise among emergent groups: responding to disasters. Organization science journal, 2009; 6(2): 18-147.
3. Backstrom L, Kleinberg J, Lan X. Group formation in large social networks: proceedings of the (12thed.). International conference on knowledge discovery and data mining 2006; 5(6): 44.
4. Baridam DM. Research methods in administrative sciences. Port Harcourt: Sherbrooke Associates. 2001.
5. Bartunek JM, Moch MK. First order, second order and third order change and organizational development interventions: a cognitive approach. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 1987; 23(6): 483-500.
6. Borman D, Motowidio E. Insult: aggression and the southern culture of honor. An experimental ethnography journal of personality and social psychology 2001; 70(5): 945-959.
7. Borman C, Motowidio J. Expanding the criterion domain to include elements of contextual performance. In N. Schmitt: W.C. Borman and associates. 2001.
8. Bowler WM, Brass DJ. Relational correlates of interpersonal citizenship behavior: a social network perspective. Journal of applied psychology, 2006; 91(1): 70-82. 9. Brewer MB. The social self on being the same and different at the same time. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 1991; 17(5): 475.
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13. Carron AV, Brawley LR. Cohesion: conceptual and measurement issue. Journal ofsmall group research 2000; 4(31): 89.
14. Chen W, Ryan K. A meta analytic review of attitudinal and dispositional predictors of organizational citizenship behavior. Journal personal psychology 2001; 48(4): 775-802.
15. Colquitt JA, Conlon DE, Porter CO et al. Justice at the millennium: a meta analytic review of 25 years of organizational justice research. Journal of applied psychology 2001; 86(54): 425-457.
16. Carless SA. The measurement of cohesion in work teams. Small group research 2001; 31(1): 71-88.
17. Cohen J, Cohen P, Aiken L. Applied multiple regression: correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences (3rd ed.). Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. 2003.
18. Cohen D. Culture: social organization and patterns of violence. Journal of personality and social psychology 1986; 75(2): 408-439.
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21. Dalal RS. A meta analysis of the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior. Journal of applied psychology 2005; 90(6): 1241-1255.
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23. Deaux K, Mizrahi K, Ethier KA. Parameters of social identity. Journal of personality and social psychology 1995; 68(2): 280.
24. Dion KL. Group cohesiveness: from field of forces to multidimensional construct and group dynamics. Theory: research and practice journal 2002; 4(3): 7-21. 25. Dovidio JF, Piliavin JA, Schroeder DA. The social psychology of pro-social behavior. Mahwah: NJ. Erlbaum. 2006.
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27. Erdogan B, Kraimer ML. Justice and leader member exchange: the moderating role of organizational culture. Academy of management journal 2006; 49(7): 395-406.
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38. Harris SG. Organizational culture and individual sense making: a schema based perspective. Organization science 1994; 5(7): 309-21
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46. Johnson UU. Uchechukwu O, Sibo MT. Self-Efficacy and Operational Sustainability of Oil Companies in Port Harcourt. Journal of Advanced Research in Operational and Marketing Management 2018; 4(3): 1-10.
47. Johnson UU, Nissi K. Job Rotation and Quality of Worklife of Manufacturing Companies. Journal of Advanced Research in Operational and Marketing Management 2018; 4(4): 1-10.
48. Johnson UU, Uchechukwu O, Sibo MT. Job Design and Quality of Work-life in Telecommunication sector in Port Harcourt. Journal of Advanced Research in HR & organizational Management 2018; 5(3): 9-18.
49. Johnson UU, Emmanuel HS, Emeka MC et al. Efficiency Assessment and Corporate Sustainability of Banks in Port Harcourt. Journal of Advanced Research in Economic & Business Management 2019; 6(1): 10-26.
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2020-01-28
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Johnson, U. U., & Akopunwanne, U. E. (2020). Group Cohesiveness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Oil Companies in Nigeria. Journal of Advanced Research in Quality Control & Management, 4(1), 44-53. Retrieved from https://www.adrjournalshouse.com/index.php/Journal-QualityControl-Mgt/article/view/703
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