Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Attachment Styles among Working Professionals

Sabiha Banu P R, Dr. Krishnan Bhatt R

Abstract: The objective of the study was to find the relationship between Organizational citizenshipBehaviour (OCB) and Attachment styles among working professionals and to know if there isany significant relationship between attachment styles and OCB. The sample of the study wascollected from working professionals in different organizations from Bangalore, Urban. 105employees responded after preliminary briefing. Purposive sampling technique was used inselecting the sample. OCB of the employees were measured using, ?OrganizationalCitizenship behaviour Scale developed by Podsakoff et al. (1990),? and Attachment stylesusing,? Adult Attachment Scale by Collins & Read (1990)?. Descriptive statistics andPearson correlation was used to study the data. The analyses of the results indicated that therewas a significant relationship between OCB and attachment styles among the working professionals with a positive correlation betweenSecured attachment style and OCB.

Keywords: Organizational Citizenship behaviour (OCB); Attachment styles; working Professionals; Bangalore Urban