Character Strengths as catalysts for Organizational Citizenship

Abstract

The current research investigates the consequence of character strengths on dimensions of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB). The priority qualities that professionals of IT Professionals in SME’s in the Delhi NCR region were Inquisitiveness, Caring and Self-Control. Included in the sample were 110 professional individuals. The research design employed both correlation and multiple regression analyses. All the three character strengths significantly correlated with one another but they had varying relationships with OCB and All three character strengths had significant correlations with at least one of the OCB Dimensions. The regression analyses revealed that Self-Control was the only significant predictor of OCBO in the joint analyses. These findings suggest that self‑regulatory strengths may play a more central role in organization‑directed citizenship behaviors.