Investigating the Role of Obligation and Entitlement in the Prosocial Disposition and Citizenship Performance
Brummel, Bradley J.
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Title
Investigating the Role of Obligation and Entitlement in the Prosocial Disposition and Citizenship Performance
Author(s)
Brummel, Bradley J.
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Drasgow, Fritz
Department of Study
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Psychology, Industrial
Language
eng
Abstract
This dissertation proposes that individual differences in beliefs about personal obligation and entitlement are important aspects of individual differences in other orientation. Obligation and entitlement are hypothesized as predictors of the prosocial disposition and citizenship performance. Obligation and entitlement are defined and an orthogonal relationship between the two constructs is proposed. Scales for the measurement of obligation and entitlement are developed and used to empirically test the relationships between obligation and entitlement and a variety of relevant individual differences and behavioral outcomes. These relationships are examined using four research samples. Results demonstrated that the relationship between Obligation and Entitlement was generally small. Other orientation constructs showed differing patterns of relationship with Obligation and Entitlement such that other orientation constructs were either positively or not related to Obligation and other orientation constructs were positively, negatively, or not related to Entitlement. Obligation and Entitlement predicted various measures of the prosocial disposition and citizenship performance. However, Entitlement did not always predict prosocial behaviors and citizenship performance. Obligation and Entitlement demonstrated incremental predictive validity of some aspects of the prosocial disposition and citizenship performance over similar constructs and other measures of other orientation. Mean differences of Obligation and Entitlement were found for gender, political ideology, religious affiliation, and educational attainment. The limitations of the self-reported, cross-sectional study designs are discussed and future research directions are proposed.
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