Personality, temperament, organizational climate and organizational citizenship behavior of volunteers

Autor

  • Elżbieta Chwalibóg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20111.19.30

Słowa kluczowe:

Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), personality, temperament, organizational climate, correlation studies, volunteers

Abstrakt

The following article aims to present the results of studies on the relationship of temperament, personality and organizational climate with the occurrence of OrganizationalCitizenship Behavior (OCB) in the organization. The study was qualitative, and correlational. The study group consisted of 42 activists in voluntary organizations aged from 18 to 19 years old, 15 men and 27 women. The following questionnaires were used: The scale measuring Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) S. Retowski,Formal Characteristics of Behaviour - Temperament Questionnaire (FCZ-KT) B. Zawadzki and J. Strelau, PersonalityInventory NEO-PI-Costa Jr. and Mc'Crae Polish Adaptation and Organizational Climate Questionnaire by L. von Rosenstiel and R. Bögel – K. Durniat Adaptation. The study revealed a clear positive correlation with Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) with a component of Agreeableness - Trust (A1), with Extraversion (E) and its components: Warmth(E1), Excitement Seeking (E5) Activity (E4) and Gregariousness (E2) and the component of Conscientiousness – Self-Discipline (C5), component of Openness to Experience – Actions (O4), and also negative correlations with Neuroticism (N) and its components: Vulnerability (N6), Self-Consciousness (N4) and Anxiety (N1). The study also revealed a clear positive correlationsOrganizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) with Activity (AK), Endurance (WT) and Briskness (ĩW) and a clear negative correlation with Perseveration (PE), Emotional Reactivity (RE). In the group of volunteers there were also showed positive correlations of Organizational Citizenship Behavior(OCB) with a Career (Assessment and Promotion) (OA) and the Communication and Information (KI). Regression model developed using multiple regression (stepwise regression method) takes into account the following variables: Activity (AK - Temperament), Agreeableness component of the Personality - Straightforwardness (A2), and the component of Neuroticism – Self-Consciousness (N4), also the component of Conscientiousness – Deliberation (C6) and a component of Openness to Experience – Fantasy (O1) and the Organizational Climate subscale OA – Career (Assessment and Promotion). The obtained results indicate a strong relationship of personality and temperament variables and the organizational climate of the manifestation of Organizational Citizenship Behavior.

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Opublikowane

2020-01-15

Jak cytować

Chwalibóg, E. . (2020). Personality, temperament, organizational climate and organizational citizenship behavior of volunteers. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 2(1), 19–30. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20111.19.30