The mediating role of citizenship behavior in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and organizational performance of Kermanshah University staff

Subject Areas : Education

Kolsum Chehri ¹ (PhD student in Educational Management, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.)
Maryam Eslampanah ² (Associate Professor, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran)

Received: 2020-05-06 Accepted : 2020-07-26 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: Spiritual Intelligence, university, organizational performance, Citizenship behavior,

Abstract :

Introduction: The overall purpose of this study was to provide a structural model of the mediating role of citizenship behavior in relation to spiritual intelligence with organizational performance of Kermanshah university staff.
research methodology: The research method of the present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included all employees of universities and educational institutions in Kermanshah province, including free universities, medical sciences, Payam-e-Noor, non-profit institutions and applied sciences (13718 people). The sample of the research based on Morgan table was 374 people using the sample method. -Random capture, were selected. The instruments of this study were the standard questionnaires of organizational performance of Hersey and Gold Smith (2009) and the Kink Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (2009) and Organ Citizenship Behavior (1988). The reliability of the instrument was obtained by Cronbach's alpha of 0.90, 0.82 and 0.77, respectively. After distributing the questionnaires among the samples and collecting; Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
Findings: The result of the main hypothesis of the study showed that spiritual intelligence has a positive and significant relationship with organizational performance (β = 0.89; T-value = 16.35) and this relationship also exists through citizenship behavior (β= 1.062; T-value= 15.56؛ 19.22). In addition, the results showed that the effect of citizenship behavior on organizational performance was positive and significant (β = 1.18; T-value = 19.22); The effect of spiritual intelligence on organizational behavior was positive and significant (β = 1.18; T-value = 19.22).

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