The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)

The main purpose of this study is to identify the mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support and organization citizenship behavior among employees at Alor Setar Prison Department. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey of 200 respo...

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Aini Wizana, Ismail
The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
description The main purpose of this study is to identify the mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support and organization citizenship behavior among employees at Alor Setar Prison Department. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey of 200 respondents using the approach of quantitative research methods. Analysis of the quantitative data suggests that there is a relationship between perceived organizational support and organization citizenship behavior. The result suggested that there is a significant and positive positive relationship. Except that, there also have significant relationship between perceived organizational support and employee engagement. The results also shows there have relationship between employee engagement and organization citizenship behavior. And lastly is this research also examines the mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support and organization citizenship. The finding showed that employee engagement full mediate the perceived organizational support and organization citizenship behavior.
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title The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
title_short The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
title_full The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
title_fullStr The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
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spelling my-uum-etd.41172022-04-09T23:20:22Z The mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) 2014 Aini Wizana, Ismail Sri Ramalu, Subramaniam Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HD58.9 Organizational Effectiveness. The main purpose of this study is to identify the mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support and organization citizenship behavior among employees at Alor Setar Prison Department. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey of 200 respondents using the approach of quantitative research methods. Analysis of the quantitative data suggests that there is a relationship between perceived organizational support and organization citizenship behavior. The result suggested that there is a significant and positive positive relationship. Except that, there also have significant relationship between perceived organizational support and employee engagement. The results also shows there have relationship between employee engagement and organization citizenship behavior. And lastly is this research also examines the mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between perceived organizational support and organization citizenship. The finding showed that employee engagement full mediate the perceived organizational support and organization citizenship behavior. 2014 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/4117/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/4117/1/s809959.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/4117/2/s809959_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Bateman, T. S., & Organ, D. W. 1983. Job satisfaction and the good soldier: The relationship between affect and employee “citizenship.” Academy of Management Journal, 26: 587–595. Bakker, A.B. and Demerouti, E. 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