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:: Volume 17, Issue 2 (10-2023) ::
ijpb 2023, 17(2): 63-93 Back to browse issues page
The Effect of Grit on Task Performance and Organizational Citizenship Behavior with Mediating Work Engagement
Abdolzahra Naami , Kowsar Simiarian
Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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In this study the effect of grit on task performance and organizational citizenship behavior with mediating work engagement was investigated. The research design was cross sectional. The research sample consisted of 287 of employees an organization  that were selected through simple sampling method. The instrument used in this study were grit questionnaire (Duckworth et al. 2007), work engagement scale (Utrecht, Shoufeli and Salanova 2002), task performance questionnaire (oodman and Svyantek ,1999) and organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire (Organ and Kanofsky,1989). Data was analyzed by path analysis using SPSS and AMOS version 24. Bootstrap method was used to test the indirect paths effects. Results showed that direct paths of job grit to job engagement, task performance and organizational citizenship behavior, were significant. The results also showed that the indirect paths of job grit to task performance and  organizational citizenship behavior through job engagement were significant.
 
Keywords: grit, work engagement, task performance, organizational citizenship behavior
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Received: 2024/07/12 | Revised: 2025/01/2 | Accepted: 2025/01/22 | Published: 2025/01/30
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