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Background and Aim: Problems such as hypothyroidism and aggressiveness may lead the organizations to reduced and seek to increase further behaviors that have the benefits for organization, such as productivity. One of the factors that produce productivity organization is organizational citizenship behavior. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the component of organizational citizenship behavior with human resources productivity among selected hospital's staff in Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Materials and Methods: This research was carried out in 6 Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences by attitude approach survey and data has been collected via questionnaire that was distributed among 429 staff of these hospitals by 2 stage stochastic sampling method. Research methodology has been descriptive, analytical and cross sectional. For survey to accept or reject the study hypothesis, was performed spearman correlation and regression tests with SPSS software.

Results: The study results showed that, in our population perception, there was a significant relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and productivity in people. This means that, in these hospitals, implementation of organizational citizenship behavior has effect on the amount of peoples productivity.
Conclusion: In this study, the effect of magnanimity and look over component on productivity had different results in the studied hospitals. But results are same as the initiative of individual creativity component. In addition the potential reasons for probable low levels of these components and their related indices have been analyzed and the solutions have been presented for their improvement.

Background and Aim: Focus on organizational health could ensure the future success of any organization. Considering the fast changing conditions of hospitals and the necessity of effectiveness, employees are required who can show voluntary behavior towards the organization and customers. Therefore, this study mainly aims to survey the relationship between organizational health and organizational citizenship behavior in selected hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences(TUMS).

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytic study was conducted in 2010. The population of the study comprised the entire staff of TUMS selected hospitals. In total, 312 employees were selected. The researchers gathered their data using questionnaires of organizational health and organizational citizenship behavior. For data analysis, both descriptive statistics(percentage, mean, standard deviation and variance) and inferential statistics(Pearson correlation and regression) were applied. The data were analyzed using SPSS18 software.

Results: The correlation between the organizational health and five dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior(Conscientiousness, Altruism, Helping Behavior, Civil Virtue, Sportsmanship, and Courtesy) was significant(p = 0/0001).

Conclusion: Given this significant correlation between organizational health and organizational citizenship behavior, organizations can make improvements in employees' behavior. This can be achieved by creating harmony among members and through continuous improvement and growth.

Background and Aim: Based on theories and researches, three variables effective in the organizational citizenship behavior are e thical values, job satisfaction and psychological empowerment. The present study aims to explore the relationship between these variables and the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among the staff members of private hospitals in Shiraz.

Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional correlational study. Some 330 staff members (147 males and 183 females) were selected using stratified sampling technique. The data collection devices consisted of five standardized questionnaires, the reliability of which turned out to be 0.85, 0.93, 0.70, 0.89, 0.90 and 0.70 Besides, the construct validity was confirmed through factor analysis. The data were analyzed inferentially using Pearson’s correlation test, stepwise regression analysis and SEM.

Results: The findings revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between ethical principles, psychological empowerment and job satisfaction with organizational citizenship behavior (p<0/001). Moreover, the findings of stepwise regression analysis showed that ethical climate played a significant role in predicting OCB.

Conclusion: The staff members’ effort to enhance OCB is mostly influenced by psychological empowerment in private hospital.