The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Secondary School Teachers in Shiraz

Subject Areas : Education

سیروس .Hadadnia ¹ (گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد نورآباد ممسنی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، نورآباد ممسنی، ایران. [e-mail])
N. Jokar ² (دانشجوی دکتری برنامه ریزی درسی دانشگاه شیراز، ایران.)

Received: 2016-09-19 Accepted : 2016-09-19 Published : 2016-07-22

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Organizational citizenship behavior,

Abstract :

  The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and emotional intelligence and organizational citizenship behavior Secondary schoolteachers in Shiraz. The population included all secondary school teachers in Shiraz (2691)in education year 90-91. The sample size of this study was 202 people, including high school teachers who were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method based on Cochran's table. In this study two standardized questionnaires of spiritual intelligence (Amram 2009) and emotional intelligence (Goleman 1995) wereused. Content validity of both questionnaires was confirmed by experts and their reliability was determined after the test run of 30 teachers by calculating Cronbach's alpha which showed Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire. /80, emotional intelligence questionnaire, /79 and organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire, /83. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive and inferential statistics were presented (Pearson correlation, t-test and multiple regressions). The results indicated that relationship between emotional intelligence dimensions of citizenship behavior is positively significant. There is also a positive relationship between spiritual intelligence and meaningful citizenship behavior. Regarding the spiritual intelligence, such a relationship among consciousness, transcendence, truth-seeking, reconciliation and inner directed citizenship behavior was positively significant, whileonly in the aspect of sobriety, the citizenship behavior has a significant negative relationship. Between male teachers and female teachers in secondary schools, there is no significant difference in the behavior of citizens. There was no significant difference in the dimensions of spiritual intelligence in sobriety. Emotional intelligence and empathy showed a significant difference in favor of female teachers and in self-awareness, self-control, and there was no significant difference. From the spiritual intelligence and its dimensions, just spiritual intelligence (%27) and from the emotional intelligence and its dimensions, just emotional intelligence(%24) have the ability to predict organizational citizenship behavior.

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