Title: Exploring the influence of working environments' restorative quality on organisational citizenship behaviours

Authors: Diego Bellini; Tiziana Ramaci; Marino Bonaiuto; Serena Cubico; Giuseppe Favretto; Svein Åge Kjøs Johnsen

Addresses: Department of Law, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, 09100, Italy ' Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University "Kore" Enna, 94100, Italy ' Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes, CIRPA – Interuniversity Research Centre on Environmental Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, 00185, Italy ' Department of Business Administration, University of Verona, 37129, Italy ' Department of Business Administration, University of Verona, 37129, Italy ' Department of Psychology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 400, Elverum, 2418, Norway

Abstract: The perceived potential for environmental restoration while at work can represent a job resource, given that restoration alleviates stress, which can free resources for both performance and extra-role activities. This study explores the association between perceived restorativeness (PR) and organisational citizenship behaviours (OCB - helpfulness, loyalty and voice). Further, this study tests the moderating effect of organisational justice (OJ - procedural, distributive and interactional) on the association between PR and OCB because a lack of OJ can be conceived as a job demand (following the job demands-resources model). Employees (n = 146) from different organisations responded to a questionnaire. Regression analysis with 1,000 bootstrap samples indicated a moderating effect of OJ (for low levels and the mean value of interactional justice - an OJ sub-dimension) on the PR and OCB (voice) relationship. Generally, the restorative quality of the work environment may play a pivotal part in promoting extra-role behaviour.

Keywords: restorativeness; organisational citizenship behaviour; organisational justice; working environment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2019.097146

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment, 2019 Vol.5 No.1, pp.32 - 50

Received: 08 Aug 2017
Accepted: 15 May 2018
Published online: 02 Jan 2019 *

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