Moderation effect of organizational citizenship behavior on the performance of lecturers

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to know the effect of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) moderating the effect of personality, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction on the performance.

Design/methodology/approach

This research was conducted in the city of Makassar with the entire population as a lecturer with the status as a permanent lecturer foundation. By using the formula, Slovin found a sample of 295 respondents. Statistical analysis of inferential used to test the hypothesis of the research is structural equation modeling (SEM).

Findings

OCB is the moderator variable in effect between personality, organizational commitment and job satisfaction on the performance. It means that the higher value of OCB affects the increasing effect of personality, organizational commitment and job satisfaction on the performance.

Originality/value

This paper’s originality is shown on variables used, which are personality, organization commitment, job satisfaction, OCB, and performance. Furthermore, the method used in this research is using SEM, as well as the investigator sites located at two private colleges in the city of Makassar, namely, Indonesian Muslim University and Muhammadiyah University Makassar, South Sulawesi, where there are no previous studies that discuss the same topic on these locations.

Citation

Hakim, W. and Fernandes, A. (2017), "Moderation effect of organizational citizenship behavior on the performance of lecturers", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 30 No. 7, pp. 1136-1148. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-11-2016-0242