“…Based on the norm of reciprocity, individuals tend to return favors and resources and repay a favorable treatment by their organizations in a quid-pro-quo manner (Cropanzano & Mitchell, 2005;Ding & Chang, 2020). In general, the norm of reciprocity is a universal principle that is pervasive across cultures (Luo, 2002;Nguyen et al, 2022) and hence, is also relevant in the Chinese context (Li et al, 2014;Wu et al, 2006). Indeed, "[r]eciprocity norms are highly developed in China" (Starr et al, 2020, p. 69) and, given that members of collectivistic cultures tend to take reciprocity norms more seriously than members of individualistic cultures, it can be expected that Chinese employees are especially likely to reciprocate to their employers (Ng & Feldman, 2015;.…”