Proposition 1a: A compliance HR system will lead to a market pricing climate in which helping behavior is motivated by self-interest and perceived instrumentality.
Proposition 1b: A compliance HR system will lead to a market pricing climate in which helping behavior is judged according to the norm of equity and evaluated as fair when input-output ratios of exchange partners are perceived as similar.
An uppermost concern of help givers in market pricing climates is receiving an inadequate return on invested helping behavior. Helping coworkers can enhance personal and organizational status, but even successful help-givers can become burdened with responsibilities. Receiving help can place the beneficiary in a position of dependence on the help-giver