Drawing on social exchange theory, in this paper we examine the relationship between supervisory support and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) prevailing in the Indian food processing industry, and the mediating role played by participation and job involvement in explaining this relationship. Data were collected from 509 employees working in large-scale food processing companies and were analysed using structural equation modelling and bootstrapping procedure. The findings reveal that supportive supervisors play a significant role in developing OCB; and participation and job involvement partially mediate the relationship between supervisory support and organisational citizenship behaviour, and in the presence of both the variables strengthens this relationship.

借鉴社会交换理论，在本文中，我们研究了印度食品加工业中普遍存在的监督支持与组织公民行为（OCB）之间的关系，以及参与和工作投入在解释这种关系时所起的中介作用。从在大型食品加工公司工作的 509 名员工收集数据，并使用结构方程模型和引导程序进行分析。调查结果表明，支持性主管在发展 OCB 方面发挥着重要作用；参与和工作参与部分地调节了监督支持和组织公民行为之间的关系，并且在这两个变量都存在的情况下加强了这种关系。