From the standpoint of practicing managers, a key implication is that action taken to increase the level of helping should work in concert with the given HR system and its associated relational climate. The HR literature has noted that strategic context can affect the appropriateness of an HR system (Jackson et al., 1989; Lepak & Snell, 1999). Organizations must be aware that institutional pressures can shape strategic choices regarding the HR system and associated relational climate. For example, managing helping among employees in social service organizations would require different emphases than those found in financial service organizations. Because interpersonal support and care are a hallmark of their missions, social work or health care organizations might find that commitment-based practices supportive of helping in communal sharing climates would enable greater employee effectiveness. The relational architecture of work performed in these organizations is such that close coordination and empathic concern facilitate the delivery of services required to benefit clients and customers (Gittell, 2008; Grant, 2007). In contrast, practicing managers might find that a compliance HR system and accompanying market pricing climate are more apt for managing and supporting employee helping behavior in environments traditionally marked by employee striving in the midst of competitive forces (e.g., financial services).