Investigation of the relationship of openness to experience andorganizationalCitizenshipbehavior
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
To date, results for personality research on openness to experience have been disappointing. Contrary to expectation, the relationship between openness to experience and performance has been non-significant in prior research. The aim of present study was toinvestigates the relationship between openness to experience, a Big Five personality factor and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in Khuzestan province physical education offices staff. Methodology of this research was descriptive correlative, which was done byfield study. Statistical population was the whole staff of Khuzestan province offices of physical education in 2011 which because of small population we used all of them as samples (N=120). Instruments for gathering data were; (1)individual characteristics questionnaire, (2) organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire of Bell and Mangog, and (3) personality traits, Five-factor modelof Herzberg questionnaire of Arian Gholipoor (2007). For analyze data descriptive and inferential statistics(Pearson correlation coefficient, two and multi-variable regression) was used. results showed a significant positive relation between organizational citizenship behavior and staff personality of Khuzastan province offices of physical education.but two-variable regression results showed the inability of anticipation of organizational citizenship behavior through personality. Multi-variable regression analysis also showed that among personality taraits the aspect of openness to experiencewas a good anticipator for organizational citizenship behavior in physical education offices staff. The findings support the position that the personality trait of openness to experience plays a significant role in workplace behaviors. Results suggest that individuals high in openness to experience are more likely to perform citizenship.
Authors and Affiliations
Zahra Ahmadizadeh| Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, ShahidChamranUniversity of Ahvaz-Iran.Zahra.ahmadizade@yahoo.com, SedigheHeydarinejad| Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, ShahidChamranUniversity of Ahvaz-Iran., Asma Taheri| Department of physical education ,Andimeshk Branch , Islamic Azad University ,Andimeshk , Iran
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