Extra-role performance behaviours are certain behaviours of
employee
Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a cor ...
s, which are not part of their formal
job requirements as they cannot be prescribed or required in advance for a given job but they help in the smooth functioning of the organization as a
social
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.
Etymology
The word "social" derives fro ...
system. Some of the extra role performance behavior are: helping
coworkers with a job related problem; accepting orders without fuss; tolerating temporary impositions without complaint; maintaining cleanliness and physical
hygiene
Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." Personal hygiene refer ...
of the
workplace
A workplace is a location where someone works, for their employer or themselves, a place of employment. Such a place can range from a home office to a large office building or factory. For industrialized societies, the workplace is one of the ...
; promoting a work climate that is tolerable and minimizes the distractions created by interpersonal conflict; and protecting and conserving
organization
An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences) is an legal entity, entity—such as ...
al resources etc. (Bateman & Organ, 1983).
Sources
*{{Cite journal , issn = 0001-4273 , volume = 26 , issue = 4 , pages = 587–95 , last = Bateman , first = Thomas S. , author2=Dennis W. Organ , title = Job satisfaction and the good soldier: the relationship between affect and employee 'citizenship' , journal = The Academy of Management Journal , date = December 1983, jstor = 255908
Employee relations