Examining the predictors of teachers’ organisational citizenship behaviour from an individual perspective: the role of human values – benevolence, achievement, self-direction and conformity

ABSTRACT

Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of teachers has been found essential for the effective functioning of schools, and teachers’ propensity to perform OCB is determined by various individual and organisational characteristics. The present study investigates the role of human values – benevolence, achievement, self-direction and conformity – in OCB in a sample of teachers. The study model was examined with structural equation modelling using AMOS. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires from 410 teachers in the secondary schools in Sri Lanka. The results revealed that, of the four values examined, benevolence correlated significantly with OCB, while achievement, self-direction and conformity had no significant relationship with OCB. The present study contributes to the growing empirical research on teacher’s OCB and offers practical recommendations for principals and educational administrative authorities, and theoretical implications and recommendations for future studies.

KEYWORDS:

• Organisational citizenship behaviour
• human values
• schools
• teacher’s OCB

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Ariyaratnam Harry Gnanarajan

Ariyaratnam Harry Gnanarajan is Vice Principal at St. John’s College Jaffna, Sri Lanka, having more than 20 years of professional experience in secondary education as teacher and administrator. He has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature, a master’s in Public Administration, and is a recipient of gold medal for his best performance in postgraduate studies in Education at the University of Jaffna. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Human Resource Management at the University of Jaffna, and his primary areas of interest in research include organisational citizenship behaviours in educational contexts.

Navaneethakrishnan Kengatharan

Navaneethakrishnan Kengatharan received his PhD from Kingston University, London, where he also earned a master’s in Science. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management, University of Jaffna and a visiting fellow at the Faculty of Business and Law at Kingston University, London. He has published his work in International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, Journal of Advances in Management Research and South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management.