Investigating the Relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Organizational Commitment (A case study)
Subject Areas : Business ManagementKarim Hmadi 1 , Somayyeh Moradi Dolama 2
1 - Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, , Iran
2 - Master of Science in Industrial Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Keywords: Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Organizational Commitment, affective commitment, normative commitment, continuance commitment, Continuance commitment Organizational citizenship behavior,
Abstract :
The main purpose of this study is to investigate organizational citizenship behavior and organizational commitment among the staff of Fard Azarbaijan Company in Uromia. The organizational citizenship behavior has 7 general levels as follows: ((Sportsmanship, Helping behavior (Altruism, Peacemaking, Cheerleading, Courtesy), Civic Virtue, Conscientiousness, Obedience, Loyalty and Self-Development)). The organizational commitment also includes affective commitment, normative commitment, and continuance commitment. This study is a practical research, but the method is of correlation type. The information and data were gathered by distributing questionnaires about organizational citizenship behaviors and organizational commitment. To analyze the data, we used T test and Pearson correlation coefficient. All the processes of data analysis were done with SPSS-19 software. The results of the research show that there is a meaningful relation between the organizational citizenship behaviors and organizational commitment.
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Amin Bidokhty, A. A., & Salehpour, M. (2007). The Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Education Staff. Tehran: Shahid University Press, (In Persian).
Bahari Far, A., & Javaheri Kamil, Me. (2010). Investigating the Consequences of Organizational Ethical Values (by Investigating Organizational Justice, Organizational Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior). The Police Human Development Policies, 28, 101- 102, (In Persian).
Blakely, G. L., Anderns, M. C., & Moorman, R. H., (2005), The Moderating Affects Of Aquity Sensitivity On The Relationship Between Organizational Justice And Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. Journal of Business and Psychology, 20(2), (2005), pp. 259 – 273.
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Clement, M.,Vanderberghe, R.(2000), " Theachers professional development: A selitary or collegial (ad) venture?", Teacher and teaching education, 16, pp. 81 – 101 .
Ellaheh Tavakoli, Z. (2007). The Effectiveness of Organizational Citizenship Behavior Training on Organizational Commitment. Master Thesis, Isfahan: Isfahan University, (In Persian).
Estron, H. (1998). Organizational Commitment. Management Quarterly in Education, 17, 55-74, (In Persian).
Hunt, S & Morgan, R. M. (1994)," Organizational Commitment: One of many commitment or key mediating construct? Academy of management journal, 37, pp. 240 – 260.
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Meyer, P.J, Allen, A. (1991), " Development of organizational commitment during the first year of employment: A longitudinal study of pre-and post-entry in fluencies. Journal of Management.
Michell, T. R., Holton, B. C., and lee, T. W. (2001),"How to keep your best employee: developing an effective retention policy". Academy of Management Exective, 15, PP. 96 –108.
Moghimi, M. (2004). Research Approach Organization and Management. Tehran: Termeh Publishing, (In Persian).
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Motahari, M. (1988). Gravity and Repulsion of Ali (AS). Tehran: Sadra Publication, (In Persian).
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Podsakoff, P. M., & Mackenzie, S. B.(1994), "Organizational citizenship behavior and sales unit effectiveness", Journal of marketing research, 3(1), pp. 351-363.
Podsakoff, P. M., & Mackenzie, S. B., & Puine, B. j., & Bachrach, G. D. (2000),"Organizational citizenship behavior: A critical review of the theorical and empirical literature and behavior suggestions for future research". Journal of Management, Vol. 26, PP. 513 – 563.
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Ranjbarian, B. (1996). Organizational Commitment. Journal of the Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences of the University of Isfahan, 12, 41- 57, (In Persian).
Rosseau, D. M., (2004), "Psychological Contracts in Work Place: Understanding the Ties the Motovate", Academy of Management Executives, 18, pp. 120 – 127.
Van Dyne, Linn, Graham, Jill, Dienesch, Richard, (1994)," Organizational citizenship behavior: Construct, Redefinition, Management and Validation ", Academy of Management Journal, 37, pp. 765-802