Examining the Mediating Effect of Career Commitment on the Relationship between Organizational Career Growth and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of career commitment in the relationship between organizational career growth and organizational citizenship behavior. The study's statistical population includes all professors of the Sama branch of the Islamic Azad University of Mashhad. Cochran's method was used to determine the sample size. Based on this, g. To collect research data, we used Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire from Sharma & Jain (2014), the career commitment Questionnaire from Carson & Bedeian (1994), and the organizational career growth Questionnaire from Weng and Xi (2010). Content validity and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess validity and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess reliability. Cronbach's alpha of organizational career growth, organizational citizenship behavior, and career commitment were calculated to be 0.932, 0.936, and 0.90, respectively. Data analysis was performed by structural equation method with the approach of partial least squares method and Amos software. The results indicate a positive and significant effect of organizational career growth on career commitment and organizational citizenship behavior with a path coefficient of 0.86 and 0.92, respectively. , it can be said that career commitment mediates the relationship between organizational career growth and organizational citizenship behavior (indirect effect 0.277).