Enhancing Service Quality Through Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Authors

  • Eman Yassein Ahmed Technical College of management - Baghdad, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Amer Abdullatif Kadhum Technical College of management - Baghdad, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Noor Bassim Abd College of Economic Sciences and Acts, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia
  • Jafar Ahmad Alserhan Center of Service and Community Development, Al Albayt University, Mafraq, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51173/jt.v5i4.770

Keywords:

Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Quality of Service, Altruism, Civilized Behavior, Sport Spirit

Abstract

This research includes analyzing the impact of organizational citizenship behavior of customer contact employees on the quality of services provided to them. Accordingly, the descriptive analytical approach of the impact of OCB on customer contact personnel on service quality in the municipality was adopted. A random sample was selected consisting of (194) individuals working in the upper, middle, and executive management, administrators, and supervisors of service activities in all departments of the municipality. Which represents part of the research community of (437). The questionnaire was the tool for data collection. Statistical methods such as mean, standard deviation, Spearman's correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results of the quantitative analysis using the value of the correlation coefficient (R2) to test the hypotheses proved that there is a significant effect of the dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior on service quality. The attention to organizational citizenship behavior was at an average level, with weakness in the application of some dimensions of (OCB), which led to a defect in the quality of services provided to citizens. Accordingly, this research suggests motivating employees and encouraging them to perform work with organizational citizenship behaviors and pushing them towards creativity in addition.

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Author Biographies

Amer Abdullatif Kadhum, Technical College of management - Baghdad, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.

      

Noor Bassim Abd, College of Economic Sciences and Acts, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia

Department of Business Administration

Jafar Ahmad Alserhan, Center of Service and Community Development, Al Albayt University, Mafraq, Jordan

      

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Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Eman Yassein Ahmed, Amer Abdullatif Kadhum, Noor Bassim Abd, & Jafar Ahmad Alserhan. (2023). Enhancing Service Quality Through Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Journal of Techniques, 5(4), 261–266. https://doi.org/10.51173/jt.v5i4.770

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