Effects of organizational socialization on organizational citizenship behavior

Purpose: This study has been in the field of organizational behavior and concepts of organizational culture. The main purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between organizational socialization levels with Organizational citizenship behaviors in higher education institutes. To this end, all employees of universities and higher education of the Sanandaj city, by way of statistical population have been evaluated. Design/Methodology/Approach: Method of this research is descriptive study, in kinds of the correlation, with view of purpose from the Applied Research, in terms of data collection, from a prospective, cross - sections and in particular, is based on Structural Equation Models. For Data collected, survey method is used. Accordingly, for measure the basic concept of research, respectively, organizational citizenship behavior questionnaires of Podsakoff (2000) includes 20 questions and organizational Socialization of Ralph Katz (1988) included 16 questions were applied. Cronbach alpha reliability of the questionnaire method for two variables, respectively referenced .92 & .95 were calculated and verified. Also using standardized questionnaires and consultation with experts will provide the Validity. Findings: Final results of study showed a significant correlation between organizational Socialization and organizational citizenship behavior in staff of higher education institutes. Also in accordance with the other results of study, organizational Socialization variable is effective on five dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior includes Altruism, Conscientiousness, Sportsmanship, Courtesy and Civic Virtue. Finally, research Conceptual Model confirmed with goodness of fit

Organizational Socialization, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, Altruism, Conscientiousness, Courtesy, Sportsmanship, Civic Virtue, Higher Education Institutes.