TY - JOUR
T1 - How employee perceptions of HR policy and practice influence discretionary work effort and co-worker assistance
T2 - evidence from two organizations
AU - Frenkel, Stephen
AU - Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.
AU - Bednall, Tim
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - Drawing on social identity theory and organizational justice research, we model the impact of employee perceptions of human resource (HR) policies and practices on two important outcome variables - discretionary work effort (DWE) and co-worker assistance (CWA). Results based on 618 full-time employees in two organizations show that HR practices are positively related to procedural and distributive justice and that organizational identification mediates the relationship between procedural and distributive justice and DWE and CWA, respectively. Distributive justice is also shown to have direct effects on the two outcome variables suggesting the relevance of a social exchange perspective as a complement to social identity explanations. Implications for research and practice are briefly discussed.
AB - Drawing on social identity theory and organizational justice research, we model the impact of employee perceptions of human resource (HR) policies and practices on two important outcome variables - discretionary work effort (DWE) and co-worker assistance (CWA). Results based on 618 full-time employees in two organizations show that HR practices are positively related to procedural and distributive justice and that organizational identification mediates the relationship between procedural and distributive justice and DWE and CWA, respectively. Distributive justice is also shown to have direct effects on the two outcome variables suggesting the relevance of a social exchange perspective as a complement to social identity explanations. Implications for research and practice are briefly discussed.
KW - co-worker assistance
KW - discretionary work effort
KW - human resource management practices
KW - organizational identification
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84865354626&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2012.667433
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2012.667433
M3 - Article
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 23
SP - 4193
EP - 4210
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 20
ER -