Examine the effect of scientific optimism and organizational-citizenship behavior (OCB) and the mediating role of organizational commitment on the job motivation of high school teachers (Ramhormoz)

The aim of this study was to present to examine effect of scientific optimism and organizational citizenship behavior and the mediating role of organizational commitment on the job motivation of teachers.The statical population of this study consists of all high school teacher in Ramhormozcity in the acadaemic year of 2016-2017. Their number is 701. The sample was 250 (125female and 125 male) teachers,using the Korgesi and Morgan's tables were selected and they selected by stratified random sampling method, in the academic year of 2016-2017. The study was applied and research method was correlation using structural equations.The measurement tools used were Herzberg Job Motivation Questionnaire(1966),Hoy Scientific Optimism Questionnaire(2005),Oregon and Kanovsky(1996) OCB Questionnaire(1996),and Allen and Meyer(1990) Organizational Commitment Questionnaire.The data were analyzed using SPSS and Amos18 software and Coefficients and structural equation modeling were used for data analysis.The findings in the direct paths of the model indicated significant positive direct effect of scientific optimism on emotional commitment, significant positive direct effect of citizenship behavior on different aspects of organizational commitment (emotional and normative), significant direct effect of scientific optimism and organizational citizenship behavior on teachers' motivation, positive direct effect of emotional commitment and significant negative direct effect of continuous commitment on job motivation.Also in the intermediary path of the model,scientific optimism had positive indirect effects on job motivation, through emotional and normative commitment. Citizenship-organizational behavior had positive indirect and negative indirect effects on job motivation, respectively through emotional and normative commitment and a good fit analysis was created for the final model