Using panel data method, this study examines the effects of different dimensions of social capital on innovation at the societal level across 21 countries (19 Asian countries plus Russia and Egypt) for the period 1995-2011. Dimensions of social capital that have been considered in this study include generalized trust, trust toward friends, institutional trust, civic participation, and norms of ...

although the research on organizational citizenship behaviors (ocbs) has increased dramatically in diverse fields during the past decade, little is known about the ocbs in the information systems area. the purpose of this study was to explore the effect of ocbs on information systems success. in order to perform empirical analyses, measurements on the ocbs constructs based on the five dimension...

Despite growing interest in the environmental performance and management of public organizations, relatively little is known about the steps individual public employees are taking at their own discretion to promote environmental sustainability and environmental stewardship in the workplace. This article examines public employees’ participation in eco-helping and eco-civic engagement in the work...

The positive and negative influences of violent/action games, henceforth called ‘‘action games’’, remains controversial in the scholarly literature. Although debate continues whether action games influence aggressive behavior, little research has examined the influence of action games on civic engagement. The current study addresses this gap by examining the correlation between exposure to acti...

Using data from approximately 30,000 individuals in over 30 countries, we find evidence that an individual’s pro-environment attitudes are positively associated with her level of civic cooperation. The relationship between civic cooperation and actual behavior is more complex. Civic cooperation increases the probability of belonging to or volunteering for an environmental group, but only among ...

BACKGROUND Organizational citizenship behavior, or extra-role behavior, refers to voluntarily going beyond job task requirements. This study aims to provide a new lens to citizenship behaviors by specifically exploring different expectations of citizenship behaviors related to employees' demography and suggesting how such expectations might shape employees' citizenship behaviors. RESULTS Usin...

This study assessed the links between civic participation and adolescent behavior problems (bullying, physical fighting, and alcohol and tobacco use), and whether civic engagement could be a moderator of the negative effects of parent0family detachment. Participants were 7,097 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds (48.6% girls) in a region of Northern Italy. Twenty percent were involved in some level of c...

Civic education, as a way to foster civic awareness and civic responsibilities and to shape good citizens, should permeate through the whole process of a person’s socialization. At different stages of civic education, there should be corresponding educational aims, contents and methods consistent with the characteristics of different stages. For historical and cultural reasons, Chinese universi...