Document Type : Original Article
Authors
Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch, Iran
Abstract
Identifying the variables that reduce the effects of job stress on positive behaviors is essential in work and organizational systems. Following this, current research was administered with the aim of investigating the relationship between job stress with affective-collective investment and organizational citizenship behaviors. Research method was correlation and the research statistical population was the employees of sugar factory in west Islamabad city, in the summer of 2017. Among them, 202 persons was selected using convenience sampling. Research instrument consisted of job stress questionnaire (Golparvar et al, 2012), affective-collective investment scale (Golparvar, 2017) and organizational citizenship behaviors scale (Lee & Allen, 2002). Data was analyzed with the use of Structure Equation Modeling (SEM). Results revealed that there is a negative significant relationship between job stress with affective-collective investment and citizenship behaviors (p<0.01), and there is a positive significant relationship between affective-collective investment and citizenship behaviors (p<0.01). Results of structural equation modeling and mediation analysis indicated that affective-collective investment is a complete mediator on the relationship between job stress and citizenship behaviors. Overall, the results of this study showed that with the presence of affective-collective investment, the direct relationship between job stress and citizenship behaviors is disconnected. Keywords: Job stress, Affective-collective investment, Citizenship behaviors, Industries employees.
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