The Relationship between Employees’ Network Embeddness and Extra-Role Behavior——Collaborative Human Resource Practice as a Cross-Level Moderator
LIU Shanshi，FENG Jingming，WANG Hongchun，WU Kunjin
1. South China University of Technology, Guangzhou， China; 2. Guangdong University of Education， Guanzhou， China; 3.Guangdong University of Finance & Economics， Guangzhou, China
Abstract Previous studies usually analyzed employees’ extra-role behavior from a social exchange perspective. But in this study, from a social network perspective, we investigate the influence of employees' network embeddness on their extra-role behavior, as well as the moderating effects during this process. After cross-level analysis on the matched data from 31 firms and 792 employees, it is found that network embeddness has a significant positive influence on extra-role behavior. At individual level, procedural justice perceived by employees moderates this process. At organizational level, collaborative human resource practice also acts as a moderator during this process. Meanwhile, the research model combines social network and collaborative human resource practice, which combines the informal network and formal management system complementarily and provides the bases for management theory and practice.
2016, Vol. 13 
