The Effect of Team Collectivism on Performance and Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Role of Peer Procedural Justice

Abstract

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test the effects of team collectivism on team citizenship behavior and team task performance and examine whether peer procedural justice had a mediating role in the relationships of team collectivism with team citizenship behavior and team task performance. The research design was based on survey data collected from 560 employees in 93 production and service teams from companies located in Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli, and Mersin provinces in Turkey. The hypotheses in the model were tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Since the theoretical level is team, all the structures involved in the research were conceptualized at the team level. The results showed that team collectivism was positively related to peer procedural justice, team citizenship behavior, and team task performance. Additionally, it was found that peer procedural justice had a partial mediating role in the relationships of team collectivism with team citizenship behavior and team task performance.