ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS - ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION AND PERSONALITY

The current study investigated the effects of personality variables as antecedents in predicting Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) , with the covenantal relationship as a mediating variable. 284 retail sales employees were administered 4 personality tests, a composite me asure of the covenantal relationship, and a measure of citizenship beh avior. Value for achievement, agreeableness, and conscientiousness pre dicted five types of organizational citizenship. Extraversion was not predictive across all citizenship behaviors. Implications for the rela tionship between personality and citizenship are discussed.