title: Organizational citizenship behavior in schools: validation of a questionnaire.
abstract: The present study examines the psychometric properties (including factorial validity) of an organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) scale in a school context. A total of 321 middle and high school teachers from 59 schools in urban and rural areas of central Portugal completed the OCB scale at their schools. The confirmatory factor analysis validated a hierarchical model with four latent factors on the first level (altruism, conscientiousness, civic participation and courtesy) and a second order factor (OCB). The revised model fit with the data, χ 2 /gl = 1.97; CFI = .962; GFI = .952, RMSEA = .05. The proposed scale (comportamentos de cidadania organizacional em escolas- Revista CCOE-R)- is a valid instrument to assess teacher's perceptions of OCB in their schools, allowing investigation at the organizational level of analysis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Portugal).
authors.forename: Paula C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal).
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paixão
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal).
authors.forename: Madalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alarcão
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal).
authors.forename: A Duarte
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011174:Portugal; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012941:Social Responsibility; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*