Survey on the effect of internal branding on organizational citizenship behavior

The present paper investigates the effect of internal branding on organizational citizenship behavior with respect to the mediating role of organizational identity and job attachment in Iran’s startups. The population of the descriptive-survey study included 460 employees of start-up Internet companies in Iran and the sample size was 210 people. The sampling method used is simple random and standard questionnaires were used to collect data. Data analysis performed by using structural equation modeling with partial least squares approach and also using SMART PLS2 software. According to the research results, internal branding has a significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior. In addition, internal brand communication and transformational leadership has led to organizational identification and transformational leadership has led to job attachment. Organizational identification also affects job attachment. On the other hand, organizational identification has affected the organizational citizenship behavior towards customers and job attachment has affected the organizational citizenship behavior towards customers and the organization.