Exploring EFL Teachers’ Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Ethical Climate: The Mediating Role of Organizational Justice

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https://doi.org/10.5782/2223-2621.2022.25.4.21

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EFL teachers, Ethical climate, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Organizational Justice, Secondary Schools

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Organizational justice has been significantly considered in industrial psychology, human resource management, and organizational behavior studies (Ismail, 2015). However, this issue is less explored in educational contexts. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and ethical climate among Iranian secondary school EFL teachers. 386 EFL teachers selected via multi-stage cluster sampling responded to three questionnaires of organizational citizenship, ethical climate, and organizational justice posted online. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics (structural equation modeling and regression analysis) were used. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the organizational citizenship behavior and ethical climate within the schools. Organizational justice was also found to have an influential role in this relationship. In addition, OCB was highly influenced by the ethical climate.

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2023-03-09

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Vol. 25 No. 4 (2022): Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

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