Organisational Citizenship Behaviour, Perceived Organisational Justice, And Organisational Commitment Among Teachers

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the relationships between organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB), perceived organisational justice (POJ), and organisational commitment (OC) among teachers in public basic and secondary schools in the Offinso South Municipality in Ghana. The research also investigated the mediation effect of OC, as well as the moderation influence of tenure and gender respectively, on the POJ – OCB relationship. A cross - sectional survey research design was employed to collect data from 492 teachers (Males = 285; Females = 207), who were sampled through both probability and non – probability sampling techniques. Adapted versions of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale (OCBS) developed by Podsakoff, MacKenzie, Moorman, and Fetter (1990), Organisational Justice Scale (OJS) developed by Niehoff and Moorman (1993), and Organisational Commitment Scale (OCS) developed by Meyer and Allen (1997) were used for data collection. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to perform regression analyses on the data to test the various hypotheses. Findings from the study indicated that POJ positively and significantly predict OCB. Also, interactional justice was found to be the best predictor of OCB. Again, a significant positive relationship was found between POJ and OC. However, OC did not mediate the relationship between POJ and OCB. Likewise, the moderation effects of tenure, and gender respectively, on the POJ – OCB relationship was not supported in the model. The findings suggest that perceived organisational justice directly predict organisational citizenship behaviour among teachers. Contributions and implications of the study for both managerial practices and future research are also discussed in this report.