Motivation and its Relationship with Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, Taking Organizational Identification and Perceived Discrimination into Account

The current study aims to explain how motivational orientations influence Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) through organizational identification considering the moderator effect of perceived discrimination. A sample of 286 Spanish immigrants in the United Kingdom was included. Main conclusions support that learning orientation shows a significant direct relation with OCB. Both approach and avoid goal orientation show a statistically significant impact on OCB. These effects are mediated by organizational identification and moderated by perceived discrimination. Implications and future research suggestions are discussed.