Relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Organizational Perceived Politic among the Sport Organization Experts of Tehran Municipality

ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this study was analysis the relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) and Organizational Perceived Politic (POP) among the sport organization experts of Tehran Municipality. The population study included all the sport organization experts of Tehran municipality (N = 310). According with the Cochran Formula, the study sample consisted of 172 experts. Finally 161 out of 206distributed questionnaires were utilized. For gathering data, we utilized a questionnaire in 3 sections: 1. Demographic 2. 2. Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (based on Podsakkof & et al, 1990) 3.Orginazational Perceived Politic (Kacmar & et al, 1991). The validity and reliability of these questionnaires in the target population examined and approved. For data analysing some statistical techniques (Kolomogrov-Smirnov, Pearson Correlation and Multiple) were used by LISREL and SPSS software. The study findings indicated a negative significant relationship between OCB and POP (r = -0/51, P < 0/01). Also, the multiple regressions showed that the 34 % of OCB variations could be predicted by POP significantly. In sum, it seems more politicized work environment will decrease the organizational sacrifice and reduce its productivity.