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This research investigates how reactive and proactive helping behaviors influence organizational commitment among employees, emphasizing the role of perceived help acceptance.

July 26, 2026Occupational Health ScienceOpen Access

Reactive and Proactive Helping: Differential Implications for Organizational Commitment and the Role of Perceived Help Acceptance

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GFGeorg FenskeUniversity of Potsdam DFDoris FayUniversity of Potsdam RPRuta PingelUniversity of Potsdam

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Randomized trial examines how different kinds of help affect workers' commitment based on acceptance levels.

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This research investigates how reactive and proactive helping behaviors influence organizational commitment among employees, emphasizing the role of perceived help acceptance.
Conducted a daily diary study with 110 individuals providing four daily measures throughout the workday.
Utilized multilevel path analyses to assess the relationships among helping behavior, relatedness, and organizational commitment.
Focused on how perceived acceptance of proactive help influences its effectiveness.
Reactive help significantly increases evening organizational commitment, with a 95% CI supporting the positive impact on relatedness.
The effectiveness of proactive help varied based on the level of perceived acceptance by recipients.
Higher perceived acceptance of proactive help correlated with enhanced feelings of relatedness among employees.

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Fenske et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a306d3aea3239cd765c2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-026-00269-y

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