Influence of subordinates' change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior on work outcomes

Abstract

In this research we predict that a subordinate's change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (COCB) may influence his or her supervisor's performance appraisal, which subsequently affects the subordinate's organizational commitment and turnover intention. We further propose that the relationship between subordinates' COCB and supervisors' performance appraisal is moderated by the supervisor's organizational commitment. The results support our hypotheses using 432 dyads of valid responses. Consistent with our prediction, the curvilinear association between COCB and performance appraisal is significantly moderated by the supervisor's organizational commitment. We also found positive relationship between the supervisor's performance appraisal and subordinates' organizational commitment, and negative relationship between the supervisor's performance appraisal and subordinates' turnover intention.