Investigating the Relationship between Spirituality in the Workplace and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Kerman Martyr Organization

Subject Areas : Business Management

amin nikpour ¹ , Alireza Manzari Tavakoli ² , Seyyed Mohammadreza Hosseininezhad ³

1 - Master of Science in Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
3 - Master of Public Administration, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

Received: 2010-11-09 Accepted : 2016-02-24 Published : 2011-05-22

Keywords: Job satisfaction, Organizational Effectiveness, Spirituality, organizational citizenship behaviors, spirituality in the workplace,

Abstract :

In the present era, the importance of the citizens as one of the vital resources of organizations has been perceived. Accordingly, their behavior can also be of importance. For this reason, many researchers have analyzed the citizenship behavior. On the other hand, the workplace is one of the factors that play a role in organizational citizenship behavior. Therefore, the purpose of the present research is to determine the relationship between spirituality in the workplace and organizational citizenship behavior among the personnel of Kerman Martyr Organization. The research is of descriptive-correlational type carried out as a survey. The statistical population consists of the personnel of Kerman Martyr Organization during 1389(2010). Random samplying was used to select 190 people as the subjects. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The data collection device for spirituality in the workplace was the standard questionnaire of Milliman et al, and to gather the data on organizational citizenship behavior, a researcher-devised questionnaire was used. The findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between the variables-spirituality in the workplace, sense of community, and alignment with the organization’s values-and organizational citizenship behavior.    

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