The impact of organizational citizenship behaviors on the application of governance principles in Libyan commercial banks

A field study on a sample of workers in Libyan commercial banks operating in the city of Al-Bayda

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors for Employees at the commercial banks of Libya through the following dimensions: (Altruism, courteous, civilized behavior, sportsmanship, public commitment). The study also aimed to demonstrate the level of Practice of the principles of corporate governance in banks under study through the following dimensions: (treatment obligation of fair and maintain shareholders' equity, to maintain the rights of the owners of interests, to clarify the powers and responsibilities, compliance with the requirements of disclosure and transparency, commitment to social responsibility). This study also sought to identify the nature of the relationship between the influential organizational citizenship behaviors and the level of implementation of the principles of corporate governance in the commercial banks of Libya. And to achieve the objectives of the study, the study followed descriptive method, the researcher developed a questionnaire based on some previous studies, where they were sure of their validity and reliability. The study population represents all Employees at various administrative branches of Libyan commercial banks operating in Al Bayda city, totaling (312) Employees, and to determine the size of the sample, the researcher has relied on krejcie and Morgan table (1970), as the sample was specified as (175) Employees, which was selected by the Stratified random sample. After the distribution of the questionnaire, (118) forms were retrieved and valid for statistical analysis, and the analysis of the study data was done by computerized and use statistical program of service software contained in the (SPSS). It reached many results that can be summarized as follows: the study revealed that the overall level of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among the Employees in banks under study was high, as it showed that the level of Practice of the principles of corporate governance in banks under study was average. The study showed the presence of a statistically significant effect of organizational citizenship behaviors on Practice of the principles of corporate governance at the level of significance (1%). Moreover, the study showed that the public commitment was more dimensions of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ability to explain the variation in the implementation of the principles of corporate governance, and finally the study provided a set of recommendations which will hopefully be followed to enhance and strengthen the level of organizational commitment and activate the Practice governance at the Libyan commercial banks.