The Organizational Voluntary Behavior of the Faculty Members of the Jordanian Public Universities and its Relationship to Some Demographic Variables

Abstract

This study aimed at finding out the level of practicing organizational voluntary behavior by the faculty members of the Jordanian public universities, and examining its relationship to some variables: Sex, academic rank, & college type. The study sample was chosen by using cluster random technique, and consisted of (278) faculty members. Data were collected using “Niehoff & Moorman” scale. The findings of the study indicated that the level of practicing organizational voluntary behavior by faculty members of the Jordanian public universities, as perceived by their academic chairpersons, was on average. Furthermore, there were significant differences at regarding the degree of practicing organizational voluntary behavior by faculty members of the Jordanian public universities, as perceived by their academic chairpersons attributed to sex, academic rank, & interaction between these variables, whereas no significant differences attributed to college type or the interaction between the three variables were found.