Survey the Causal Relationship between Organizational Silence in the Cultural Organizations of Isfahan and Organizational Citizenship Behavior with Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

Akram Akbarian ¹ , Mohammad Esmail Ansari ² , Ali Shaemi ³ , Narges Keshtiaray ⁴

1 - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahn, Iran [e-mail]
2 - Department of management, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran [e-mail] (Corresponding)
3 - Department of management, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran [e-mail]
4 - Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran [e-mail]

Received: 2015-03-19 Accepted : 2017-04-30 Published : 2016-08-22

Keywords: &quot, organizational citizenship behavior&quot, , "organizational silence", "cultural organizations", &quot, organizational commitment&quot, ,

Abstract :

Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between Silence in the Cultural Organizations of Isfahan and Organizational citizenship behavior with mediating role of organizational commitment. Methods: The present study uses a survey and its statistical population includes all employees of cultural organizations in Isfahan city, Iran. 120 validated questionnaires were administered among the employees and then were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics v21 and LISRELv5.8 using the SEM and regression tests. Findings: The findings suggest that the t-statistic for evaluating the causal relationship between all variables, including the main variables such organizational silence with organizational commitment, organizational commitment with organizational citizenship behavior and organizational silence with organizational citizenship behavior is more than 1.96 (P> 05/0) and so is significant. Conclusion: The results suggest that there is a causal relationship between organizational silence and organizational citizenship behavior component.