The multi-level paths from age diversity to organizational citizenship behaviors: could leader/team-member exchange be answers that benefit the paths?

IF 2.6 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Frontiers in Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-03 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1413940

Linyuan Zhang

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Abstract

Introduction: Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) plays a crucial role in fostering the continuous growth and development of organizations. This essay aligns with the current labor force structure changes resulting from population aging, focusing on exploring the relationship between age diversity and multi-level OCB.

Methods: A multi-level moderation model was employed to collect data from 882 employees across 87 groups of Chinese state-owned enterprises. Linear regression and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) were used to test the hypotheses.

Results: The findings of this study indicate that (1) leader-member exchange (LMX) moderates the negative effect of age diversity on group-level organizational citizenship behavior (GOCB); (2) team-member exchange (TMX) moderates the negative relationships between age diversity and individual-level organizational citizenship behavior toward organizations (OCBO) and organizational citizenship behavior toward individuals (OCBI).

Conclusion: The empirical study carries substantial implications for future discourse on human resource practices (HRPs) and research pertaining to population aging within organizational contexts.

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Frontiers in Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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5.30

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7396

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14 weeks

期刊介绍： Frontiers in Psychology is the largest journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the psychological sciences, from clinical research to cognitive science, from perception to consciousness, from imaging studies to human factors, and from animal cognition to social psychology. Field Chief Editor Axel Cleeremans at the Free University of Brussels is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide. The journal publishes the best research across the entire field of psychology. Today, psychological science is becoming increasingly important at all levels of society, from the treatment of clinical disorders to our basic understanding of how the mind works. It is highly interdisciplinary, borrowing questions from philosophy, methods from neuroscience and insights from clinical practice - all in the goal of furthering our grasp of human nature and society, as well as our ability to develop new intervention methods.