Organizational happiness character and lecturer performance: the mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior

Economic Annals-XXI: Volume 200, Issue (11-12), Pages: 27-33

Citation information:
Agustina, G., Ahman, E., Disman, Sojanah, J., & Soeratin, B. S. (2022). Organizational happiness character and lecturer performance: the mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior. Economic Annals-XXI, 200(11-12), 27-33. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V200-05

Granit Agustina
MA (Economics),
Department of Economy,
Indonesia University of Education
Bandung, 11530, Indonesia (Corresponding author);
Winaya Mukti University
Bandung Indonesia
granit@upi.edu
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0155-350X

Eeng Ahman
MA (Economics),
Department of Economy,
Indonesia University of Education
Bandung, 11530, Indonesia
eengahman@upi.edu
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2606-5449

Disman
MA (Economics),
Department of Economy,
Indonesia University of Education
Bandung, 11530, Indonesia
disman@upi.edu
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5070-4952

Janah Sojanah
MA (Economics),
Department of Economy,
Indonesia University of Education
Bandung, 11530, Indonesia
janahsojanah@upi.edu
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-5034

Boyke Setiawan Soeratin
MA (Economics),
Department of Economy,
Bina Nusantara University
Jakarta, 11530, Indonesia
boykesetiawanss@yahoo.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3123-0039

Organizational happiness character and lecturer performance: the mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior

Abstract. This study aimed to determine the role of organizational happiness character (OHC) towards lecturer performance with organizational citizenship behaviour as a mediation variable. The study was aimed to lecturers at private universities in Greater Bandung, with a total number of 5,435 lecturers out of 21 Private Universities. Data was collected using a questionnaire with a differential semantic scale in 2021 and 2022. It has met the minimum sample requirement needed for SEM-PLS analysis. The study is devoted to analiysis of the lecturer perception of organizational happiness, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and lecturer performance, testing 4 hypotheses. The measurement scale in this study uses differential semantics which is an effective measurement tool for attitudes.

The analysis of the research hypothesis shows a relationship between OHC and performance, and OCB variables affect the improvement of lecturer performance. The relationship between OHC and OCB has also been confirmed and shows a positive and significant relationship. Hence, it can be said that the variable OCB is a mediator for the effect of the variable OHC on employee performance. In this study, organizational citizenship has a partial mediating effect in improving lecturer performance.

Keywords: Organizational Character; Organizational Happiness; Organizational Happiness Character; Organizational Citizenship Behavior

JEL Classification: M1; M15; M16; Q01; Q12

Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.

Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.

Data Availability Statement: All data will be provided on request.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V200-05

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Received 20.07.2022
Received in revised form 22.08.2022
Accepted 26.09.2022
Available online 28.12.2022