An emic approach to organizational citizenship behavior of Mexican professionals

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the dimensionality of emic (culturally specific) organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of Mexican professionals.

Design/methodology/approach

This study considered the collectivistic cultural background of Mexican professional employees and developed a framework based on the emic (culturally specific) dimensions of OCB.

Findings

Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, the authors find that the emic OCB of Mexican professionals is characterized by five dimensions: collegial harmony, organizational camaraderie, professional development, organizational faithfulness, and protecting company resources.

Originality/value

The findings also offer incremental contributions to OCB research. In order to correctly capture the entire phenomena of OCB in different cultures, researchers often focus on the emic (specific/cultural unique) approach. Along this vein, the authors identified the Mexican OCB dimensions in an emic approach.

Citation

Baeza, M.A. and Wang, Y.J. (2015), "An emic approach to organizational citizenship behavior of Mexican professionals", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 34 No. 8, pp. 1031-1038. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-08-2014-0082