Investigating the Relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Various Aspects of Organizational Commitment of Mehran’s Educators

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the correlation between organizational citizenship behavior and various aspects of organizational commitment of educators of Mehran city. Population includes all educators of Mehran’s education organization in 2012. The samples include 80 educators selected by use of randomized sampling method. The instruments used in the study include two organizational commitment and citizenship behavior questionnaires. Results show that there is a meaningful relationship between the educators’ organizational commitment and their citizenship behavior. In other words, the more organizational commitment of the educators, the better their citizenship behavior will be. The loyal human resources affect on the organization’s effectiveness through preserving organizational values and goals. Moreover, there is a meaningful relationship between citizenship behavior and the variables emotional commitment, continual commitment and regulative commitment.