The Mediator Role of Conscientiousness in the relationship between Accountability with Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Political Behavior

The aim of the present study was to examine the mediator role of conscientiousness in the relationship between accountability with organizational citizenship behavior and political behavior. Statistical population this study consist of all school teachers in the city of Tabriz, from among whom 300 people were selected using stratified random sampling method. In order to assess the relationship between latent and measured variables, model of structural equation model was used. Data were collected through the NEO Personality scale and standardized questionnaire of accountability, organizational citizenship behavior and political behavior The results indicate Conscientious mediator role in the relationship between the research variables. This way for individuals with high conscientiousness personality characteristic, increasing accountability is associated with increased OCB and also for Conscience, increasing the feeling of accountability is accompanied with a reduction in political behavior. These results insist on recognizing the role of a conscientious mediator in examining the causal relation accountability with Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Political Behavior