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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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action, and loyalty. Each of the four dimensions of OCBs was used as a dependent variable. Cronbach’s alpha was 
used to evaluate each construct’s reliability. Cronbach’s alpha tests revealed that all constructs had satisfactory level 
of reliability.
Additionally, respondents were asked to indicate their current work status as either part time or a full time. 
Respondents were also asked to indicate their preferred work status, given their overall current personal and 
financial responsibilities and goals. Given this information, a new variable (PTBFT) was created indicating ‘part-
time workers wanting a full-time work status’. We assigned ‘1’ for those with part-time employment, but wanting to 
work full time and we coded as ‘2’ otherwise. This additional variable was created as past research has argued that 
part-time workers wanting to work full-time may show greater commitment and more appropriate behaviors at work 
(Van Dyne and Ang, 1998).