Voluntary Work Behaviours: A Value Congruence Perspective

The present research was undertaken to study the impact of value congruence between values of employees and organizations on their perception of two discretionary employee behaviours, i.e., Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) and Counterproductive Work Behaviour (CWB). The sample consisted of 50 middle management employees working in an MNC in India. Interviews were also conducted with 5 employees as part of the qualitative aspect of the research. Quantitative data were analyzed using t-test. The researcher's impressions based on the qualitative data have also been presented to supplement findings of the quantitative analysis. Discussion of results has been based on past research findings as well the unique context of the present research.