Time pressure, type A syndrome, and organizational citizenship behavior: a laboratory experiment

Psychol Rep. 1994 Aug;75(1 Pt 1):199-208. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.199.

Abstract

Time pressure was manipulated in a laboratory task for 77 undergraduate subjects, who also responded to a measure of Type A syndrome. Afterwards, an occasion for organizational citizenship behavior was presented in the form of participation in a survey. Type A scores were unrelated to those on any measure of organizational citizenship behavior; time pressure acted to depress especially the quality of organizational citizenship behavior.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Female
  • Helping Behavior
  • Humans
  • Job Satisfaction*
  • Male
  • Organizational Objectives*
  • Personality Inventory
  • Time Perception*
  • Type A Personality*
  • Workload / psychology