title: Organizational citizenship behavior and work experience.
abstract: The authors compared the relationship of elements of the Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) and years of work experience of registered nurses in the state of Texas. Work experience research has shown a relationship between OCB and work experience through mediating roles of various work related characteristics does exist. Work experience is described as the overall length of time in an occupation or workforce. Civic virtue was the only element of organizational citizenship behavior to have a statistically significant correlation with years of work experience in this study. Other elements were found to have no statistically significant correlation with years of work experience. Further research should be undertaken to determine if correlations between these two constructs holds up when the population under study is further refined by job classification, such as management and staff, or industry segment.
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Loyd
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kegans
authors.forename: Randy B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: McCamey
authors.forename: Honor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior; D013781:Texas