Helping Behaviors and the Perception of Helping Intentions Among Chinese Students

Feng, Li

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“…Perrea et al (2014) highlighted that Chinese consumers were guided by altruistic predispositions because of their collectivistic values. In addition, Li (1997) suggested that altruism was one of the key categories of perceived intentions lying behind the helping behaviors of Chinese. Our results also extend Liu and Cohen's (2010) finding that Chinese are keen to altruistically help others in their organizations without expecting direct or indirect rewards.…”

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Beyond exchange and prosocial motives, is altruistic helping a valid motive for organizational citizenship behavior?

Cheung

Peng

Wong

2018

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Purpose The argument in this study is that employees differ in their motives in helping their organizations when they know that they may not be paid back for their efforts. This paper aims to examine whether these motives will lead to greater extra-role contribution in an organization. Design/methodology/approach The data of 124 pairs of employee in China have been used to develop and test the measurement of an “altruistic helping of organization” (AHO) in a pilot sample. In addition, AHO had been then tested as a motive for organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) using data collected from 245 pairs of employees in China. Findings Data from 124 pairs of employees in China have been used to develop and test the measurement of “altruistic helping of organization” in a pilot sample. The authors have proposed and validated whether procedural justice and conscientiousness predict for a new OCB motive – AHO, which explains for an incremental predictive power over the existing motives of OCB, namely, instrumentality, social exchange with the organization, organizational concern, prosocial values and impression management, on a data collected from 245 pairs of employees in China. Research limitations/implications This is a cross-sectional study. In addition, the authors have only taken in samples in China, which may not be generalizable to other context. Practical implications Practitioners can devote resources to encourage employees to help without any consideration of returns. In addition, the fairness perception of organizational practices – procedural justice and individual characteristics – are necessary to induce AHO and other OCB motives. Social implications This research provides that the social implication of arousing the basic underpinning of driving OCB is altruistic motive and not egoistic. This finding helps to stimulate individuals to have more helping behaviors towards the organization. Originality/value This study provides solid evidence for the suggestion by the original proponents of OCB that the distinction between rewarded and unrewarded criterion is blurred in OCB literature. Our findings suggest that altruistic helping does exist and that this explains for a significant proportion of extra-role behavior.

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Beyond exchange and prosocial motives, is altruistic helping a valid motive for organizational citizenship behavior?

Cheung

Peng

Wong

2018

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“…Even though helping behavior resulting from both motives may lead to the same helping actions received by the recipient, the recipient can respond to these two categories of helping motives differently. In particular, when the recipient attributes the helper’s helping motives to other-oriented values, the recipient perceives that the helper has a genuine desire to help and benevolently intends to improve others’ well-being (Bolino, 1999; Li, 1997). More importantly, helping motives signifying selfless and genuine care for others lead to positive and favorable evaluations of the helper and helping actions (Lemoine et al , 2015).…”

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“…As such, helping behavior with self-oriented motives can be inferred by the recipient as an exploitation resulting from the helper's opportunistic and calculative intents. Although helping actions motivated by self-oriented motives benefit the recipient's task performance, helping with self-oriented motives is generally viewed as egoistic and self-serving (Li, 1997;Rioux and Penner, 2001). Such view of self-oriented helping can contribute to the recipient's feeling of being used as a stepping stone by the helper to obtain personal gains.…”

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When is helping considered helping? The recipient’s view of helping during the stages of receiving help

Chou

Ramser

Chang

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical model that describes when helping is considered helping from the recipient’s point of view. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical model was conceptually developed by drawing upon attribution theory, self-consistency theory and social cognitive theory, as well as relevant literature. Findings The authors propose that receiving help encompasses three sequential stages: the pre-help-receiving stage, the help-receiving stage and the post-help-receiving stage. Additionally, the authors theorize that the more other-oriented helping motives are attributed by the recipient, the more likely the recipient views the helper’s help as helping, that the more self-esteem preserving behaviors along with helping actions the recipient receives from the helper, the more likely the recipient views the helper’s help as helping and that the more gaps between actual and desired level of task performance are closed by the helper’s help, the more likely the recipient views the helper’s help as helping. Originality/value From a theoretical standpoint, this paper offers a process approach that may guide future research on help receiving in organizations.

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Feeling Being Helped Today, but not Tomorrow? Receipt of Help Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Nomological Validation

Chou

Ramser

2022

Employ Respons Rights J

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Helping Behaviors and the Perception of Helping Intentions Among Chinese Students

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Beyond exchange and prosocial motives, is altruistic helping a valid motive for organizational citizenship behavior?

Beyond exchange and prosocial motives, is altruistic helping a valid motive for organizational citizenship behavior?

When is helping considered helping? The recipient’s view of helping during the stages of receiving help

Feeling Being Helped Today, but not Tomorrow? Receipt of Help Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Nomological Validation

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