Investigation the Relationship Between Organizational Virtuousness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

The aim of this study was evaluating the relationship between Organizational Virtuousness and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Rasht Municipalities’ employees. The research method in terms of purpose applied and in terms of method was descriptive research and correlation type, and required data have been collected using questionnaires and survey method. Rasht Municipalities’ Managers and experts (257 people) were selected as the target population and the sample size was set equal to 154 by using Cochran's formula. The gathered Questionnaires and data were analyzed by SPSS Software through simple linear and multiple regression tests. The results showed that there was a positive significant relationship (correlation coefficient 60.3) between organizational virtue and citizenship behavior of employees of municipality districts of Rasht. Moreover, investigating aspects of organizational virtue with citizenship behavior showed that optimism (17.1), compassion (20.5), honesty (27.9), and generosity (14.4) could explain organizational citizenship behavior of municipality districts of Rasht.