Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of sport management, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran

2 M.A in Sport Management

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological empowerment and organizational citizenship behavior of the Physical Education Teachers According to the mediating role of job satisfaction. The survey was conducted by Applied Research. The population included all physical education teachers in Golestan province (688 numbers) in the 1395-96 academic years which using stratified random sampling of 253 of them (169 females and 196 males) were selected as samples. Spreitzer’s Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire (1995), job satisfaction Minnesota questionnaire (1977) and Podsakoff Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire (1990) were used. Descriptive scales and Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistical tests, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. The results of correlation test indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between perceived psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior.The results of correlation test indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between perceived psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior.

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