Development of a new measure of helping at work

dc.contributor.advisorOswald, Frederick L.en_US
dc.creatorRamos, Katherineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-25T02:07:27Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-07-25T02:07:27Zen_US
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, helping behavior is defined as extra role behaviors that an employee performs voluntarily and contributes to organizational effectiveness such as improved productivity and co-worker performance (Organ, 1988). People who help others at work tend to experience increased job satisfaction, increased organizational commitment and decreased intentions to leave the job. Taking into consideration the benefits of helping outcomes to both employees and organizations, I developed six scales that measure helping using a multi-stage item-development procedure. Based on a theoretical model distinguishing emotional- and instrumental helping, a multidimensional measure could not be developed. In this study, however, empirical support was found for two helping scales and criteria of interest. Future directions and implications of this study are discussed.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PSYCH. 2011 RAMOSen_US
dc.identifier.citationRamos, Katherine. "Development of a new measure of helping at work." (2010) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62201">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62201</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/62201en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectIndustrial psychologyen_US
dc.subjectPsychometricsen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of a new measure of helping at worken_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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