• Henry Moon, Dishan Kamdar, David M Mayer, and Riki Takeuchi.
• Organizational Behavior Department, London Business School, London, UK. hmoon@london.edu
• J Appl Psychol. 2008 Jan 1; 93 (1): 84-94.

AbstractThe present research takes an "other-centered" approach to examining personal and contextual antecedents of taking charge behavior in organizations. Largely consistent with the authors' hypotheses, regression analyses involving data collected from 2 diverse samples containing both coworkers and supervisors demonstrated that the other-centered trait, duty, was positively related to taking charge, whereas the self-centered trait, achievement striving, was negatively related to taking charge. In addition, the authors found that procedural justice at the organizational level was positively related to taking charge when evaluated by a coworker, while both procedural and distributive justice were positively related to taking charge when considered by a supervisor. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.2008 APA

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