The Mediating Role of Psychological Need Thwarting in the Relationship Between Compulsory Citizenship Behavior and Psychological Withdrawal

Frontiers in Psychology

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Mohsin Bashir¹  Kanwal Shaheen²  Sharjeel Saleem¹  Mohammed Khurrum Bhutta³  Muhammad Abrar¹  Zhao Jun⁴ 

[1] Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad;Department of Business Administration, Government College Women University Faisalabad;College of Business, Ohio University, United States;School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

关键词: compulsory citizenship behavior;    autonomy need thwarting;    relatedness need thwarting;    psychological withdrawal;    basic psychological needs theory;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02595

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study examined a novel process underlying the relationship between compulsory citizenship behavior and psychological withdrawal. Specifically, based on basic psychological needs theory, thwarting of autonomy and relatedness needs were expected to explain the association between compulsory citizenship behavior and psychological withdrawal. The PROCESS macro was used to analyze the data collected from 368 clerical staff working in public universities in Pakistan. The results confirmed that thwarting of autonomy and relatedness need mediated the relationship between compulsory citizenship behavior and psychological withdrawal. This study makes a significant contribution to the unexplored domain of the process employees use to cope with compulsory citizenship behavior. It also highlights the role of an understudied construct, i.e., psychological need thwarting as a crucial motivational mechanism for elucidating the relationship between compulsory citizenship behavior and psychological withdrawal. The findings of this study provide recommendations for future researchers, along with its implications for practitioners.

【 授权许可】

CC BY