The relationship between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour and an application

The aim of this study is the explanation of the difference between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. Firstly, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour concepts are presented in a theoretical frame by doing a wide literature search. In these parts, definitions of the concepts, sizes, effective factors and their results are explained. After the presentation of the study in a theoretical frame, to measure the organizational commitment Bucharan?s ?organizational commitment measurement?, which is translated and adapted to Turkish by Sungurlu, and to measurement?, which is developed by Dyne and his friends, and worked on adaptation to Turkish by Kamer, are used. Research was done on 50 people who are working on different hierarchical level of industry sector. After the result of these surveys, the relation between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior was being tried to explain by evaluating the data.Key Words: Organizational Commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour, Civic Virtue, Conscienceness, Altruism, Organizational Courtesy, Organizational Commitment, Extra Role Behaviour, Principle Obedience, Sportsmanship and Volunteerism, Organizational Allegiance.