Dear colleagues,
Are you interested in prosocial behavior and its impact? We'd love to have you join us for a symposium on the unintended consequences of prosocial behavior. The symposium seeks to create an engaging platform to explore when and why extra-role prosocial behavior may backfire and have harmful effects on the people they intend to help and those that engage in them.
The symposium will be held on Monday 8/7, 11:30AM - 1:00PM at Hilton Atlanta in Room 217. Below you can find detailed information on our session and the papers to be presented.
| Session Type: Symposium
Program Session: 1104 | Submission: 10508 | Sponsor(s): (OB, HR, MOC)
Scheduled: Monday, Aug 7 2017 11:30AM - 1:00PM at Hilton Atlanta in Room 217 | | | | The Unintended Consequences of Prosocial Behavior
Prosocial Behavior Outcomes | | | |
| Chair: Reut Livne-Tarandach, U. of Oregon
Discussant: Mark C Bolino, U. of Oklahoma
Organizer: Dana Harari, Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizer: Reut Livne-Tarandach, U. of Oregon
Organizer: Emily Joyce Plews, U. of Oregon
Participant: Diane Bergeron, Case Western Reserve U.
Participant: Jennifer Carson Marr, Georgia Institute of Technology
Participant: Michael Parke, London Business School
Participant: Veronica C. Rabelo, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Participant: Phillip S. Thompson, Case Western Reserve U.
Participant: Hak-Yoon Kim, Case Western Reserve U.
Participant: Leah Sheppard, Washington State U.
Participant: Kira Franziska Schabram, The U. of British Columbia
Participant: Dana Harari, Georgia Institute of Technology
Participant: Reut Livne-Tarandach, U. of Oregon
Participant: Emily Joyce Plews, U. of Oregon
Participant: Mark C Bolino, U. of Oklahoma |
Prosocial behavior refers to behavior that is performed with the intention of promoting the welfare of the individual, group, or organization toward which it is directed. In this symposium, we present new theoretical and empirical research regarding the unintended consequences of prosocial behavior for beneficiaries, benefactors, and organizations. We specifically focus our attention on extra-role prosocial behavior, such as compassion and helping. Because extra-role prosocial behavior requires those who perform them to extend more effort, despite being less likely to be rewarded for such behaviors (Bolino & Grant, 2016), exploring unintended consequences associated with prosocial behavior is important. The papers that compose this symposium broadly address when and why extra-role prosocial behavior may backfire and have harmful effects on the people they intend to help and those that engage in them. By so doing, the symposium is aimed to shed light on this relatively underexplored field of research.
Presentations:
Lending a Helping Hand or Stepping on Toes? A Conservation of Resources Model of Recipient Reactions to Help in Organizations
Presenters: Kira Franziska Schabram, University of Washington
Leah Sheppard, Washington State U.
Takes One to Know One? How Observers' Prior Experience with Pain Shapes Compassionate Responding
Presenters: Reut Livne- Tarandach, University of Oregon
Emily Plews, University of Oregon
Verónica Caridad Rabelo, University of Michigan
Beliefs about Accepting Coworker Help: Implications for Employee Attitudes, Job Performance, and Reputation
Presenters: Philip S. Thompson, Case Western Reserve University
Mark C. Bolino, University of Oklahoma
Help Unwanted: The Unintended Consequences of Employee Anticipatory Help
Presenters: Dana Harari, Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael Parke, London Business School
Jennifer Carson Marr, Georgia Institute of Technology
Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Longer-term Relationships to Role Breadth and Hours Worked
Presenters: Diane Bergeron, Case Western Reserve University
Hak-Yoon Kim, Case Western Reserve University