The relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment with organizational citizenship behavior

Authors

• A, M Abazari
• M Amirianzadeh

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find the relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment with organizational citizenship behavior among staff of Islamic azad university, Shiraz branch. This research had a practical methodology and followed, essentially, a correlative method for description. 191 staffs from among total 379 staffs of Shiraz Islamic Azad University were selected in a stratified random sampling based on Cochran's sample size formula. To collect the data, the following three questionnaires were used: 1. Organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire by Lee and Allen (…year...), 2. Workplace spirituality questionnaire by Milliman and colleagues (…year…), and Organizational commitment questionnaire by Mowday, Steers and Porter (..year..). The results showed a significant correlation between the workplace spirituality and organizational commitment with the organizational citizenship behavior. Also, both variables of organizational commitment and workplace spirituality proved to be significant predictors for organizational citizenship behavior. There was a positive and significant correlation between the aspects of workplace spirituality and aspects of organizational commitment with the organizational citizenship behavior. Amongst the aspects of spirituality in the workplace, the two aspects of significance and alignment with organizational values were significant predictors for organizational citizenship behavior but the aspect of correlative feelings did not show to be a significant predictor for citizenship behavior. Amongst the aspects of organizational commitment, the two aspects of affective commitment and normative commitment were significant predictors for citizenship behavior but the affective commitment was not a significant predictor for citizenship behavior.

Keywords

• Organizational citizenship behavior
• Organizational Commitment
• workplace spirituality

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