Purpose – Drawing on the social exchange perspective, we explore the roles of satisfaction over material rewards, perceived organizational politics, and career ambition in the relationship between harmonious workplace climate and employee altruistic behavior in the context of British public sector. Design/methodology/approach - We employed SPSS software to estimate ordinary least-squares models to test our hypotheses by analyzing data from 161 supervisor-employee dyads from a UK local government. Findings - Satisfaction over material rewards mediates the relationship between harmonious workplace climate and employee altruistic behavior. Both perceived organizational politics and career ambition moderate the mediated effect of harmonious workplace climate on employee altruistic behavior via satisfaction over material rewards. Originality/value – Our study advances the social exchange theory by showing that the norm of reciprocity (e.g., harmonious workplace climate in this study) may not be the only key driver of exchange for altruistic behavior among public sector workers. Still, it can be mediated by satisfaction with pay and promotion opportunities and may be conditional upon individuals’ career ambition, or their perceptions of organizational politics.

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和谐的工作环境和员工的利他行为：从社会交流的角度

目的–基于社会交流的观点，我们探讨了在英国公共部门的背景下，在物质上的报酬，知觉的组织政治以及职业野心方面的满意度在和谐的工作环境与员工的利他行为之间的关系。设计/方法/方法-我们使用SPSS软件通过分析来自英国地方政府的161名主管-雇员二元组的数据来估计普通最小二乘模型，以检验我们的假设。调查结果-对物质奖励的满意程度介导了和谐的工作环境与员工的利他行为之间的关系。通过对物质报酬的满足感，被感知的组织政治和职业志向都缓和了和谐的工作环境对员工利他行为的中介作用。原创性/价值–我们的研究通过证明互惠规范（例如，本研究中的和谐工作环境）可能不是公共部门工人之间交换利他行为的唯一主要驱动力，从而推动了社会交换理论的发展。尽管如此，它可以通过对薪酬和晋升机会的满意度来介导，并且可能取决于个人的职业抱负或他们对组织政治的看法。