Relationship between Religiosity and Citizenship Behaviours in Organizations: Empirical Evidence from Selected Organisations in Lagos State
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Religiosity may be considered as a fundamental trait that defines Nigerians as a people. Although it is a concept that underlies
all aspects of human behaviours, its impact on employees’ behaviours has been underestimated in the workplace.
Consequently, the importance of organisational citizenship behaviours (OCB) to organisational effectiveness necessitated the
investigation of the relationship between religiosity and OCB. It was hypothesized that the dimensions of religiosity will predict
the demonstration of OCB among employees in Nigeria. This study adopted the ex post facto research design and systematic
sampling technique. Questionnaire was administered to 359 employees selected from four sectors of the Nigerian economy.
The findings revealed a positive relationship between intrinsic religiosity and the three dimensions of OCB: intrinsic religiosity
and dutifulness (r=.182, p < 0.01); intrinsic religiosity and organisational involvement (r=.170, p < 0.01) and intrinsic religiosity and
interpersonal relationship (r=.146, p < 0.01). Conversely, a negative correlation was found between extrinsic religiosity and
dutifulness (r= -.136, p < 0.01); extrinsic religiosity and organisational involvement (r= -.122, p < 0.05; and a positive correlation
between extrinsic religiosity and interpersonal relationship (r =.137, p < 0.01). The result further revealed that intrinsic and
extrinsic religiosity jointly predicted OCB (
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