Organizational Commitment and OCB According to Different Personality Types

Abstract

This study is to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment and five dimensions of OCB via hierarchical regression analyses according to two types of personality profiles. Although established studies have argued that organizational commitment has positive effect on OCB, this argument does not consider the sub-dimensions of OCB and the variation of the employee's personality. To conduct the analysis, the sample composed of 214 respondents working in Korean companies are divided into two opposite groups, and hierarchical regression analyses are performed about all five relationship between organizational commitment and five dimensions of OCB. Results of the analysis indicate that the two groups have different each shapes