The Effect of Spirituality at Work on Job Performance by Mediating of Organizational Citizenship Behavior among the Employees of the Technical and Vocational Education Organization

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of spirituality at work on job performance by mediating of organizational citizenship behavior among the employees of the technical and vocational education organization in Alborz province. The research design was descriptive-correlational. The population consisted of all employees of the General Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education of Alborz Province. A sample of 175 people was selected by single-stage cluster sampling. They completed the Spirituality Questionnaire in the Workplace (Milliman et al., 2003), Organizational Citizenship Behavior (Konovsky and Organ, 1996) and Job Performance (Paterson, 1992). The collected data were analyzed by structural equation method using LISREL software. The results showed that some components of spirituality at work have an indirect effect on employees' job performance by mediating of organizational citizenship behavior (P<0.05). In addition, some components of spirituality at work directly had positive effect on job performance. Also, the organizational citizenship behavior had directly positive and significant effect on job performance (P<0.05). Thus, a person's inner sense of meaningful work, connection with others and higher meaning of moral principles are the truth, correctness, and goodness of the beliefs that coduct person to his job. Also, spirituality at work increases the sense of intimacy and empathy towards colleagues, more work conscience and discipline in the rules, and with a positive impact on performing tasks and relation with colleagues, it leads to increased efficiency and effectiveness of employees in the organization.