Explaining the Relationship between Organizational Climate, Organizational Commitment, Job Involvement and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Employees of Khuzestan Gas Company

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between variables of organizational climate, organizational commitment, job involvement and organizational citizenship behavior. The study population included 1276 employees of the gas company in Khuzestan province, and 296 subjects were selected according to Cochran formula. To collect data, questionnaires of OCB Podsakoff et al (1990), organizational commitment of Allen and Meyer (2010), job involvement of Edward Zuchil Patrick (1984) and the organizational climate of Halpin and Craft were used. To analyze the data, Lisrel 8.80 and spss16 were used and results of structural equations and Pearson correlation coefficients indicated that there is significant relationship between organizational climate and organizational commitment, between organizational commitment and job involvement, between job involvement and organizational citizenship behavior, between organizational citizenship behavior and organizational climate and job involvement.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p2986