The Relationship between Social Health and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (Case Study: Elementary teachers in Birjand)

Incorporating social health into the organization generates additional energy beyond the job duties through voluntary activities, which shapes organizational citizenship behavior. The purpose of this article is to identify the relationship between social health and organizational behavioral components of elementary school teachers in Birjand. Theoretical foundations are formed by emphasizing the theory of Keyes (social health) and the theory of Bateman and Ergan (organizational citizenship behavior). The methodology of this research was descriptive correlational survey, the study population of Birjand teachers in the academic year 2017-2018 equals 1150 students. Using Cochran sample size of 285 people by cluster random sampling of respondents was collected based on standardized interview questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha for social health items was equal to (75.4) and organizational citizenship behaviors were equal (78.6). AMOS, PLS and SPSS softwares were used for data analysis. The results show that among the independent variables (social health) of social cohesion social acceptance, social contribution also had the highest average among the dependent variables (organizational citizenship behavior) on respect & honor, altruism and magnanimity. Most of the participants in this study, 155 (54.4%) were women. The results indicate that at the 0.05 level of social health has the most influence on the components of magnanimity behavior (0.74), Also, the lowest intensity of the effect of social health on participatory behavior was observed (0.47). Hypotheses test show that social health affects the components of organizational citizenship behavior such as: magnanimity (0.74) deontology (0.70) respect & honor (0.66) altruism (0.60) and participation (47.47). 0) has had a significant and direct impact, also, all the parameters of the measurement model and the corresponding paths of the hypotheses are confirmed.