E. Behzady; A. Naami; K. Beshlideh
Volume 20, Issue 2 , December 2013, , Pages 256-233
Abstract
The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between organizational virtuousness and organizational citizenship behavior, spiritual well-being and organizational loyalty in the employment of Karoon Oil and Gas Production Company (KOGPC). Sample includes 227 employees of KOGPC who are ...
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The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between organizational virtuousness and organizational citizenship behavior, spiritual well-being and organizational loyalty in the employment of Karoon Oil and Gas Production Company (KOGPC). Sample includes 227 employees of KOGPC who are selected with stratified random sampling method. The instruments used in this study include Konovsky and Organ organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire, Paloutzian, and Ellison spiritual well-being questionnaire, Ali & Al-Kazemi organizational loyalty questionnaire and Cameron et al organizational virtuousness questionnaire. To analyze the data, the correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational virtuousness, as predictive variable, and organizational citizenship behavior, spiritual well-being and organizational loyalty. Also, results of regression analysis showed that optimism and forgiveness respectively play a chief role in explaining the variance of organizational citizenship behavior. Also, optimism, trust and forgiveness respectively play the most important roles in explaining the variance of spiritual well-being, while optimism and trust respectively play the most important roles in explaining the variance of organizational loyalty. The results show the important role of organizational virtuousness in predication of organizational outcomes.
