Investigating the Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among Staff in the Education Department of Hir Region

Nemati Amuqin, Mehrdad; Saidi Ardabili, Mir Mustafa; Farajkhah, Sohrab

doi:10.22034/njournal.2025.517264.1030

Investigating the Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among Staff in the Education Department of Hir Region

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

mehrdad nemati amuqin ¹

Mir Mustafa Saidi Ardabili ²

Sohrab Farajkhah ³

¹ M.A. of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran.

² Ph.D. Student of Educational Management, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

³ M.A. of Rehabilitation Counseling, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/njournal.2025.517264.1030

Abstract

Background and Objective: Education is considered one of the key and vital institutions in any society. Due to the high sensitivity of jobs related to this field, the importance of organizational culture and organizational citizenship behavior is clearly evident. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to examine the relationship between organizational culture and organizational citizenship behavior among the employees of the education system in the Hīr region during the academic year 2024.

research methodology: This study has been conducted in a descriptive manner and is of a correlational type. The statistical population includes all official and contractual employees in the Hīr region, totaling 398 individuals, of which 180 were selected for the study using stratified random sampling. To collect data for this research, two validated questionnaires were utilized. First, the organizational culture questionnaire developed by Edgar Schein, designed in 1980, which has a reliability coefficient of 0.79. Second, the organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire by Organ and Konovsky, created in 1996, with a reliability coefficient of 0.82. For data analysis, the Chi-square test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used.

Findings: The result of the Spearman correlation test, with a value of 0.41, indicates a positive and significant relationship between organizational culture and organizational citizenship behavior.

Conclusion: Additionally, employees working in environments with appropriate organizational culture exhibit desirable organizational citizenship behavior. By enhancing organizational culture, organizational citizenship behavior is also improved and increased.

Keywords

Organizational culture

Organizational citizenship behavior

Education department staff of Hir region

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