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Social Intelligence and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour of Government Parastatals in Nigeria

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  • Dr. Oshi, Joseph E. O

    (Management Department, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

  • Akaibe, Moses V.

    (Accounting Department, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

  • Chikwe, Joyce O.

    (Management Department, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

Abstract

This study investigate the relationship between social intelligence and organizational citizenship behaviour of Government Parastatals in Rivers State. Social Skill (SS) and Social Information Processing (SP) was used as dimensions of social intelligence as against the measures of organization citizenship behaviour which are altruism, sportsmanship, conscientiousness sportsmanship, courtesy and civic virtue. Two hypotheses were developed and tested within a population size of hundred (100) senior level employees that was conveniently selected from twenty (20) Government Parastatals in Rivers state. One hundred (100) of these employees were issued copies of questionnaires but only ninety-four (94) questionnaires were retuned and used for this study. The spearman rank correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses with the aid of the SPSS v20.0. Findings from the analysis showed that social skills has a moderate and positive relationship between social skills and the measures organization citizenship behaviour while social information processing showed a low but positive relationship with the measures of organization citizenship behaviour. The study therefore concludes that there is a significant relationship between social intelligence and measures of organization citizenship behaviour of Government Parastatals in Rivers State. Based on the conclusion, the study proffered relevant recommendations like providing management programs related to the development of social skills among others.

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  • Dr. Oshi, Joseph E. O & Akaibe, Moses V. & Chikwe, Joyce O., 2021. "Social Intelligence and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour of Government Parastatals in Nigeria," Noble International Journal of Social Sciences Research, Noble Academic Publsiher, vol. 6(1), pages 07-17, January.
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