Abstract

This study is performed with 176 academicians working in the institutions related to physical education and sports at universities. It aims to analyze organizational citizenship behaviours of academic personnel about the institutions they have been working in. Descriptive survey model was used, along with demographic data like gender, marital status, academic title. “Organizational Citizenship Behaviour” scale developed by Özaslan et al. and consisting of 21 expressions was used as data collection tool to determine organizational citizenship behaviour of people. Spearman’s Correlation coefficient was calculated for the relation between scale scores in the analysis of data. In the analysis of 3 and more groups of Normally Distributed variables ANOVA test was applied. To compare 2 groups of variables which do not come from Normal Distribution in terms of scale score Mann-Whitney U test was used and to compare 3 and more groups of variables in terms of scale scores, Kruskal-Wallis H tests were used. At the end of the research, organizational citizenship behaviour of the participants and the averages related to its dimension were above normal. As a result of additionally made multi comparisons, although a significant result was not obtained between the organizational citizenship behaviour of the participants and its dimension in statistical level according to the working period in the institution, the ages, the marital status and the academic titles of the participants, several significant results were reached statistically according to their genders and administrative position in the institution.

Key words: Academician, organizational citizenship behaviour, altruism, organizational virtue, conscientiousness, Sportsmanship, courtesy.