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. 2019 Oct 11;58(3):224–237. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2019-0067

Table 3. Predicting organizational citizenship behaviour in upper white- (n=1,754), lower white- (n=638), and blue-collar workers (n=906).

Predictors Organizational Citizenship Behaviour

Sub-sample Upper white-collars Lower white-collars Blue-collars




Coefficients β β β β r β β β β r β β β β r
S1: Back-grounds
Sexa −0.06* −0.06* −0.03 −0.03 −0.06* −0.04 −0.03 −0.03 −0.02 −0.05 −0.10** −0.10** −0.10** −0.10** −0.11***
Educationb −0.04 −0.04 −0.06** −0.06** −0.04 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.08**
Ageb 0.02 0.03 −0.00 −0.00 0.02 −0.09* −0.06 −0.07 −0.07 −0.12** −0.13*** −0.12*** −0.15*** −0.15*** −0.13***
Childrenc 0.06* 0.06* 0.06* 0.05* 0.07** 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 −0.01
ΔR2 0.010** 0.017* 0.030***

S2: Buffer
SOC 0.19*** 0.19*** 0.19*** 0.19*** 0.20*** 0.23*** 0.22*** 0.23*** 0.23*** 0.23*** 0.18*** 0.17*** 0.16*** 0.16*** 0.19***
ΔR2 0.039*** 0.052*** 0.035***

S3: IJP 0.07** 0.04 0.00 −0.01 0.10*** 0.18*** 0.12* 0.09* 0.09 0.19*** 0.19*** 0.16*** 0.12** 0.13** 0.19***
ΔR2 0.005** 0.031*** 0.036***

S4: ICP 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.11*** 0.12** 0.09 0.09 0.22*** 0.06 -0.02 -0.02 0.20***
ΔR2 0.001 0.010** 0.002

S5: LD 0.18*** 0.17*** 0.19*** 0.09* 0.09 0.17*** 0.21*** 0.21*** 0.26***
ΔR2 0.024*** 0.006* 0.031***

S6: WI 0.04 0.11*** 0.01 0.12** −0.02 0.10**
ΔR2 0.001 0.000 0.000

a: female/male; b: continuous; c: no/yes; S1: Step1; S2: Step2; S3: Step3; S4: Step4; S5: Step5; S6: Step6; SOC: selecting-optimizing-compensating strategies; IJP: intensified job-related planning and decision-making demands; ICP: career planning and decision-making demands; LD: intensified learning demands; WI: work intensification. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. ΔR2 Change in explanation rates when the predictor (S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) or the group of predictors (S1) were entered into analysis.