دانلود رایگان مقاله تکثیر نقش جنسیتی سازمان موقت مورد رفتار تعاونی

ABSTRACT

Temporary organizations such as projects are known to differ in various respects from permanent ones and have been argued to be more gender-neutral. Inspired by gender research in permanent organizations, we show that (in)congruency between gender and project roles evokes similar mechanisms in both permanent and temporary systems. Using the example of cooperative behavior, operationalized as project citizenship behavior (PCB), we examine how temporary organizations reward such behaviour. A cross-sectional study was conducted, with 241 project managers and workers participating. The results of seven structural equation models reveal that though the enactment of PCB does not vary by gender, the relationship of PCB with its outcomes does: men and women were clearly rewarded differently depending on the gender congruency of their project roles.

5. Discussion

The results of the study bear clear relevance for management research on temporary organizations as well as for organizational research on gender. The rise of temporary organizations over recent decades has led to this organizational form’s increasingly receiving attention from both practitioners and academics, not least because of the fascination of the time dimension (Bakker et al., 2013). The objective of the present study was to develop and test how gender congruence affects the relationship between cooperative behaviors (operationalized as PCB) and work outcomes in the face of temporality. More specifically, the primary aim was to analyze whether gender makes a difference in how cooperative behaviors are perceived and valued and thus may lead to different individual opportunities for men and women in temporary organizations. Our results suggest – in line with corresponding conceptual and empirical analyses of OCB (Allan, 2006; Kark & Waismel-Manor, 2005; Kidder & Mac Lean Parks, 2001) – that PCB indeed has gendered consequences.