The Effect of Organizational Socialization on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Employees with an Emphasis on the Mediating Role of Person – Environment Fit

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1 MSc, Sport Management Department, Sport Sciences Faculty, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Sport Management Department, Sport Sciences Faculty, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Sport Management Department, Sport Sciences Faculty, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

Abstract

 
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of organizational socialization on organizational citizenship behavior of employees with an emphasis on the mediating role of person – environment fit in Sport and Youth offices of Lorestan province. The Methodology of the study was descriptive and correlation. The statistical population consisted of all employees of Sport and Youth offices of Lorestan province (N=147). Census sampling method was used and the sample was equal to the collected questionnaires (n=136). Ozdemir (2015) questionnaire was used to collect data. After translation, its face and content validities were confirmed by 11 experts; its construct validity was examined by confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.91). Descriptive statistics were used to categorize the data and to provide means. Route-Structural Modeling was used to test the hypotheses. The result showed that organizational socialization had a significant effect on person – environment fit and organizational citizenship behavior. Person – environment fit had a significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior and finally the research model had a good fit with data. Accordingly, it is recommended that managers of Sport and Youth offices of Lorestan province should emphasize the components of organizational socialization and provide the chance to promote them in their employees. Also, they should pay attention to job needs and person – career fit so that organizational citizenship behavior of employees can increase.

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