We contend that practicing the four corporate spiritual disciplines serves to change the character of organizational culture and individuals in positive directions.
Focuses on a study which assessed the power dynamics in corporate research and development (R&D) teams using a network-based methodology. Role played by interdependencies in the distribution of personal power in teams.
In Study 1, participants rated OCBs as costly to an employee in the short run, and beneficial to an organization in the long run. In Study 2, likelihood of engaging in OCBs was higher among those high in empathy and concern with future consequences; and less likely among those instructed to imagine they would be leaving the company in 3 months for another job.