An Investigation of the Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: Case of Saudi Arabia

Anwar Rasheed, Khawaja Jehanzeb and Mazen Rasheed

International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 128

Abstract: Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) has been signified as one of the antecedents of organizationaleffectiveness. OCB is widely studied over the years in the US but has received relatively inadequate attention inother Asian contexts. This study explored and examined number of predictors of OCB in the Arabic-speakingcontext (Saudi Arabia in Gulf). The data was drawn from 275 employees of both private and public bankingsectors. Predictors of OCB examined are Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment, Role Perceptions,Fairness Perceptions, Leadership Behavior, Individual Dispositions, Motivation and Feedback. The results foundsupport the hypotheses stating the positive relationship between the predictors of OCB and organizationalcitizenship behaviour except motivation that found no relationship with OCB. Implications for future researchare discussed.

Date: 2013
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