The Influence Of Empowerment On Organizational Citizenship Behavior Of Teachers Mediated By Organizational Commitment

The present research aimed to study the direct and indirect influence of passion and empowerment on organizational citizenship behavior of physical education teachers in a private school in Tehran mediated by organizational commitment. The sample comprised teachers (N= 320) teaching in the schools, and the Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale, adapted by Podsakoff and Mackenzie (1990), Passion Scale, developed by Vallerand, Carbonneau, Fernet and Guay (2008), School Participant Empowerment Scale (SPES) developed by Short and Rinehart (1992) and Organizational Commitment Scale which was modified from the original scale of Meyer and Allen (1991) by Meyer, Allen, and Smith (1993) were employed. The path model with the dependent variable organizational citizenship behavior and the independent variables passion, and empowerment and the mediating variable organizational commitment was tested using regression analysis. There are relationships between passion for teaching, teacher empowerment, and organizational commitment on the organizational citizenship behavior of teachers. The teachers have a high level of organizational citizenship