An Investigation of the Role of Islamic Work Ethics on Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Traffic Police Personnel with Emphasis on the Mediating Role of Work Passion

Practicing ethical management in traffic police leads to good internal and organizational outcomes including enhancing conscientiousness, institutionalizing ethical values ​​and organizational citizenship behavior. In this regard, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of Islamic work ethics on organizational citizenship behavior of traffic police officers with emphasis on the mediating role of job work of police personnel.

This study is a applied research which utilized a descriptive, analytical survey methodology. The statistical population of the study consisted of traffic police officers in Greater Tehran; the sample size was 120 using Cochran's relation and the samples were selected by non-probability sampling method. To measure the variables of Islamic work ethics, Tofail, Ahmad, Ramayeh, John & Shah questionnaire (2017); work passion questionnaire was used by Schauffley standard questionnaire (2006) and organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire by Akarai and Ak Turan (2015). To analyze the collected data, PSL variance-based structural equation modeling was used.

The findings of this study show that Islamic work ethics has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior of traffic police officers and work passion. In addition, work passion had a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior.

The findings of the present study can be used to support organizational citizenship behavior and work passion by emphasizing and Islamic ethics issues in traffic police.