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Chinese school teachers' organizational citizenship behavior ( OCB ): Predictors and outcomes
Author(s) -
Li Xia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
psych journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2046-0260
pISSN - 2046-0252
DOI - 10.1002/pchj.28
Subject(s) - organizational citizenship behavior , citizenship , psychology , social psychology , mathematics education , political science , organizational commitment , politics , law
Teacher's organizational citizenship behavior ( OCB ) is a multifaceted construct that is critical to school effectiveness and to the education enterprise. Four hundred ninety‐three teachers in eight different cities on the C hinese mainland were surveyed using the OCB scale developed by B o S hiuan C heng, a T aiwanese scholar. The antecedent and outcome variables of OCB were examined in this study. The results showed that the teachers' attitudinal characteristics of career satisfaction and career commitment, and the dispositional characteristic of locus of control, influenced teachers' OCB . In addition, teachers' OCB influenced their work performance as well as their career and organizational turnover intention. The implications of this study suggest a base of knowledge from which school administrators could enhance their school's organizational function and retain teachers.