The Impact of Religious Capital on Job Discipline with Regard to the Intermediate Role of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

The present study aimed to investigate the impact of religious capital on job discipline with regard to the mediating role of organizational citizenship behaviors. The research was implemented using an applied approach and a survey-correlation method. The data collection instrumentation were questionnaires. Accordingly, the questionnaire of Sepahvand et al. (2017), a researcher-made questionnaire for job discipline, and the organizational citizenship behaviors of Organ and korsky (2006) were used to measure the religious capital. The statistical population consisted of 160 staff members of Khoramshahr Marine Science and Technology University, 113 of whom were selected as sample through Cochran formula. Data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software. The findings indicated that religious capital had a significant and positive effect on job discipline and organizational citizenship behavior. However, the impact of organizational citizenship behavior on job discipline was not confirmed. Additionally, organizational citizenship played a mediating role in the relationship between religious capital and job discipline with a positive indirect effect. Moreover, the results of the study reveal that the individuals who are over 45 years old are more likely to adhere to job discipline. On the other hand, individuals with higher education (Masters and higher degrees) and individuals with higher work experience (5 to 10 years) are less likely to have job discipline.