Professor delight Cultivating organizational citizenship behavior

• Published in: Journal of management education Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 563 - 579
• Main Authors: Mazen, Abdelmagid, Herman, Susan, Ornstein, Suzyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2008; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Betriebswirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaftslehre; Citizenship; Citizenship education; College Faculty; College Students; Course Descriptions; Expectation; Group Behavior; High Achievement; Hochschullehrer; Industrial Psychology; Organizational behavior; Organizational Climate; Positive Reinforcement; Prosocial Behavior; Soziale Beziehung; Student; Student Motivation; Studies; Studium; Teacher Student Relationship; Unternehmenskultur; positive organizational scholarship (POS); student engagement; extra-role behavior; organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)

This article describes the rationale for and use of a class innovation the authors call “professor delight.” This inexpensive, high-yield concept allows students and professors to enact their understanding of citizenship throughout the term, and often beyond. The authors explain the concept, describ...