"examining the relationship between proactive personality and organizational citizenship behavior: A study on bank employees"

Organizations consist of individuals from different age groups, cultures and most importantly, different personality traits, in line with their purpose of existence. In this study, it is aimed to measure the effects of organizational citizenship behavior on individuals who have proactive personality traits among the employees of the organization. The data of the research were collected from the bank employees working in a bank through a questionnaire and the necessary sample was created. The sample size consisted of 183 people, 102 of whom were female and 81 of whom were male employees. In the study, the proactive personality scale and organizational citizenship behavior scale consisting of 29 questions with 5 points were used. In the model of the research, proactive personality is considered as the independent variable, and organizational citizenship behavior and dimensions are considered as the dependent variable. Simple linear regression analysis was used to test the model developed in the research and the hypotheses based on this model. As a result of the analysis of the data, it was observed that proactive personality has a significant and positive effect on organizational citizenship behavior.