The multi-level paths from age diversity to organizational citizenship behaviors: could leader/team-member exchange be answers that benefit the paths?
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Age diversity impacts organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Leader-member exchange and team-member exchange moderate these effects, offering insights for human resource practices in aging workforces.
Area Of Science
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
- Sociology of Work
Background
- Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is vital for organizational growth.
- The workforce is aging, necessitating an understanding of age diversity's impact.
- Existing research needs to explore multi-level OCB in the context of an aging population.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the relationship between age diversity and multi-level OCB.
- To examine the moderating roles of leader-member exchange (LMX) and team-member exchange (TMX).
Main Methods
- A multi-level moderation model was utilized.
- Data collected from 882 employees across 87 groups in Chinese state-owned enterprises.
- Linear regression and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) were employed for hypothesis testing.
Main Results
- Leader-member exchange (LMX) moderates the negative effect of age diversity on group-level OCB (GOCB).
- Team-member exchange (TMX) moderates the negative relationship between age diversity and individual-level OCB (OCBO and OCBI).
Conclusions
- Findings highlight the importance of LMX and TMX in mitigating negative impacts of age diversity on OCB.
- The study provides empirical evidence with substantial implications for human resource practices (HRPs).
- Offers valuable insights for research on population aging within organizational settings.
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