Should more senior workers be better citizens? Expectations of helping and civic virtue related to seniority

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Table 1 Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) results of the overall sample: expectations of OCB for senior coworkers

Factor	Factor 1^a	Factor 2^b	Factor 3^c
Eigenvalue	4.18	1.50	1.32
Percentage of the variance	34.82	12.51	10.97
Help others who have heavy workloads	.86
Help others who have been absent	.64
Help make other workers productive	.65
Help orient new people even though it is not required	.50
Share personal property with others if necessary to help them with their work	.44
Respect the rights and privileges of others			.42
Try to avoid creating problems for others			.71
Consult with other people who might be affected by their actions or decisions			.80
Inform others before taking any important actions			.55
Stay informed about developments in the company		.79
Attend and participate in meetings regarding the company		.82
Offer suggestions for ways to improve operations		.64
Cronbach’s α	.72	.78	.72

N = 469; Extraction Method: Principal Axis Factoring; Rotation Method: Promax with Kaiser Normalization; Factor loadings (italics) less than .35 are suppressed
^aExpectations of seniors’ altruism
^b Expectations of seniors’ civic virtue
^c Expectations of seniors’ courtesy