The management professor examines the relationship between high-quality relationships and organizational citizenship behaviors.
Barjinder Singh, assistant professor of management in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, expands the criterion domain of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs), by examining the relationship between high-quality relationships (HQRs) and OCBs, with identity freedom as a mediator, in an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion journal article.
Singh co-authored “High-quality relationships as antecedents of OCB: Roles of identity freedom and gender” with T.T. Selvarajan, California State University, and Olga Chapa, University of Houston-Victoria. The authors introduce interpersonal-relational and attitudinal elements as criterions of OCBs.
Results of the authors’ study clarifies the role of identity freedom as an important underlying psychological mechanism mediating the relationship between HQRs and OCBs, while gender is positioned as an important boundary condition in this relationship. The study found female employees are more likely to enjoy identity freedom in the presence of HQRs, as opposed to males.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal is a platform for critical and rigorous exploration of equal opportunities concerns in the context of society, organizations and work.
Prior to joining Elon’s faculty in 2017, Singh was an associate professor of management at the University of Houston. His teaching interests include organizational behavior, human resource management and business ethics. His research reflects his commitment to pursuing the highest levels of excellence in areas of organizational behavior and human resource management.