M.A. Thesis:

The Relationship between Psychological Capital and Organizational Citizenship Behavior with the Mediating Role of Job Excitement among Employees of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences

The present study examine The relationship Psychological Capital and Organizational Citizenship Behavior mediation by Work Engagement among the employees of Sabzevar University of medical sciences. The method of research is descriptive and its type is correlation with an emphasis on structural equations. The population consisted of all employees of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences (130 persons) that 97 peoples were selected using on cochrane formula based.That sample was selected by Simple Random sampling. The data was collected through Psychological Capital Luthans et al, Work Engagement by Schaufeli and Bakker, Organizational Citizenship Behavior by Padsakf et al questionnaires. To evaluate validity and reliability of the questionnaires we used Cronbach Alpha coefficient The Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used for data analyzing. The results showed that:1) There is a significant and Positive relationship between the Psychological Capital and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. 2) There is a significant and Positive relationship between the Psychological Capital and Work Engagement. 3) There is a significant and Positive relationship between the Work Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. 4) Work Engagement playing a mediating role in relationship between Psychological Capital and Organizational Citizenship Behavior.

Keywords: Psychological Capital, Work Engagement, Organizational Citizenship Behavior