A study on the organizational commitment, ethical behavior and organizational citizenship of teachers

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the organizational commitment of teachers and their ethical and organizational citizenship behaviors. The relationships between Organizational Commitment, Ethical Behaviors and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors will be tried to be explained within the scope of this general purpose. The relationship between organizational commitment, ethical behaviors and organizational citizenship behaviors was examined via structural equation modeling in our study. The "Organizational Commitment Scale" developed by Karakuş and Aslan (2009), "Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale" developed by Dipaola, Tarter and Hoy (2005) which was adopted into Turkish by Taştan and Yılmaz (2008) tarafından as well as the "Ethical Behavior Scale for Teachers" have been used in this study. Validity and reliability studies have been carried out for the scales used in the study. Structural equation models were generated via AMOS software after carrying out the reliability analysis for the scales. Study population was comprised of classroom and branch teachers working at different levels at the city of Adıyaman during the 2015-2016 academic year. Branch and classroom teachers working at various stages as part of 33 schools in the city of Adıyaman selected via cluster sampling make up the sample group of this study in order to ensure that the distribution is comprehensive for the schools in the city. For this purpose, a total of 365 scales were collected from a group of 400 teachers and 329 were evaluated. According to the results of the study; it was determined that organizational commitment has a positive impact on both ethical behavior and organizational citizenship behaviors. In addition, ethical behaviors also have a positive impact on organizational citizenship behaviors. It was also determined that ethical behaviors play a partially intermediary role between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviors. Keywords: Organizational Commitment, Ethical Behaviors, Work Ethics, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors