英文摘要 |
Introduction: Service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior by employees is beneficial for organizations in the sports services industry to improve their service quality and gain a competitive advantage. Thus, it is essential for sports centers to understand how to cultivate a service-oriented workforce by promoting employees' welfare and enhancing their management practices. Drawing on social exchange and fit theory, this research proposes a mediating and moderating model that presents an intriguing picture regarding whether employees' perceived organizational support and service orientation can lead to service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. In particular, this study further investigates the moderating effect of work status on the relation between perceived organizational support and service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. Methods: Utilizing structural equation modeling, two studies (Ns = 224 and 366) were conducted among full- and part-time customer-contact employees of 18 sports centers in Taipei City and New Taipei City, Taiwan. In the first study, the psychometric properties of the scales were assessed. In the second study, the research model and hypotheses were examined. Results: The results showed that the questionnaires had acceptable validity and reliability across the two studies and that employees' perceived organizational support was associated with service orientation. Employees' perceived organizational support was associated with service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. Service orientation was associated with service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior and partially mediated the relation between perceived organizational support and service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. Furthermore, the results indicate that the proposed moderating effects of work status between perceived organizational support and service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior is empirically supported by the data. Conclusion: These findings add to the knowledge of social exchange approaches through which sports centers should investigate whether the working environment provides employees with different employment statuses with sufficient support to motivate employees' service orientation and service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. |