Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Organizational Commitment in Indian Workforce

By : Meera Shanker

Page No: 397-408

Abstract
There is dearth of empirical research substantiating the usefulness of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) in relation to organizational commitment (OC). 519 respondents took part in the study, answering the pool of items, measuring OCB and OC. Data subjected to Principal Axis Factoring Technique with varimax rotation procedure, yielded 5 factors for OCB with alpha reliability .93, .90, .81, .82, .69, while for OC three factors having alpha reliability .90, .89 and .83. Regression analysis revealed that OCB is strong predictor of Organizational Commitment. It is implied that organizational leaders need to value OCB to create organizational Commitment among the employees, which is essential for the organizations dynamic growth.

Author :
Meera Shanker : Head, Deptt. of Edu. Management, JDBIMS, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai