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Influence of Subordinates' Challenge-oriented Organizational Citizenship Behavior on Performance Appraisal: Moderating Effect of Supervisor's Organizational Commitment

Yan Jing1, Zhang Xu2, Shao Fang1   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071;
    2. School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049
  • Received:2014-09-25 Online:2017-04-28 Published:2017-04-21

Abstract:

In this research we predict that a subordinate's challenge-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (COCB) may influence his supervisor's performance appraisal. We further propose that the relationship between subordinates' COCB and supervisors' performance appraisal is moderated by the supervisor's organizational commitment. Results support 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.

Key words: challenge-oriented organizational citizenship behavior, performance appraisal, supervisor's organizational commitment