Relationship of organizational citizenship behavior with emotional intelligence
Author(s) -
Tuğba Korkmaz,
Ebru Arpacı
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
procedia - social and behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1877-0428
DOI - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.428
Subject(s) - organizational citizenship behavior , conscientiousness , psychology , emotional intelligence , civic virtue , social psychology , mediation , citizenship , test (biology) , organizational commitment , personality , big five personality traits , sociology , political science , social science , paleontology , politics , biology , law , extraversion and introversion
This manuscript examines the relationship of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) with emotional intelligence (EI) of the followers. A sample of 57 dyads of managers and their supervisors (i.e., 114 respondents) participated in this study. The reliabilities of the scales were .83 organizational citizenship behaviors and .86 emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence was significantly correlated to conscientiousness, civic virtue, and altruistic behaviors of followers. The method suggested by Barron and Kenny (1986) was used to test mediation of organizational citizenship behavior between emotional intelligence, but nothing significant was found. The results indicated that emotional intelligence of the organizational citizenship behavior of followers
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