With the joint cooperation of Payam Noor University and the Scientific Association of Iran Public Library Advancement

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Medical library and information science, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 PhD Student of Medical library and information science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3 Lecturer of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: Justice in organizations can have a determinative impact on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between organizational justice and organizational Citizenship behavior in librarians of Isfahan University and Isfahan University of medical sciences.
Methodology: The study is applied and was done as a survey method. The study population included all librarians working in the libraries of Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 106 of them were selected as a stratified random sampling method. Data collected by using two questionnaires: Moorman& Niehoff Organizational Justice and Podsakoff and et al Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Data was analyzed in descriptive and inferential statistics levels and using one sample t-tests and Pearson correlation and regression.
Findings: Librarians organizational Citizenship behavior except Citizenship virtue was above than average. In organizational justice, distributive justice was less than average, procedural justice was mediocre, and interactional justice was above average. Based on the findings, organizational justice and its three dimensions had a significant and positive relationship with conscientiousness dimension of organizational Citizenship behavior. In total, between organizational justice and librarians’ organizational Citizenship behavior was not observed a significant relationship.
Conclusion: Considering the significant role of a positive conception of organizational justice to increasing and improving organizational Citizenship behavior especially in conscientiousness dimension, the need to strengthen the librarians' perceptions of organizational justice and non-discrimination in the organization is essential.

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