The Relationship between Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Iranian Basketball Players of Premier League

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between athlete’s satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Iranian Basketball Players of Premier League. The method was descriptive and correlational. Basketball players of 12 teams (N=134) including all male Iranian players involved in Iran Premier League have completed demographic questionnaire, Athletes’ Satisfaction Questionnaire (Chelladurai and Riemer, 1998), and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire (Podsakoff et al, 1997. A panel of Sport Management experts (n=12), reviewed the translated from of instruments, and 30 athletes participated in pilot study, and finally results of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient demonstrated the internal reliability of ASQ (r=0/93) and OCB (r=0/89). Data were analyzed with Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Spearman Correlation coefficient, and multiple variable Regression in significant level of P≥0/05.The results indicated significant relationship between athlete Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (r=0/60). Moreover, predictive power of Sportsmanship and helping Behavior via satisfaction from coach s’ training and team performance were higher than other dimensions of athlete’s satisfaction (P≥0/05). However, only coach’s behavior and interaction had significant effect in predicting index of civil behavior (P≥0/05). In generaly, athletes’ satisfaction from coach and team can improve Organizational Citizenship Behavior in team.