NOT-ON-SEAT - AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME CORRELATES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR IN NIGERIA

This study set out to examine a regular Nigerian practice known locally as 'Not-on-seat', a Nigerian equivalent of the tardiness concept which means reporting on time, leaving the premises immediately after, and only returning hours later. The practice was considered as an aspect of the service attitude in Nigerian public organisations. The attitude was in turn operationalised as organisational citizenship behaviour. It was hypothesised that job involvement and affective commitment would be positively correlated with 'Not-on-seat' (organisational citizenship behaviour). A null hypothesis of no relationship between job satisfaction and 'not-on-seat' (citizenship behaviour) was also proposed. 268 men and women took part in the study. Supervisors rated the workers' 'Not-on-seat' or organisational citizenship behaviour. The results supported the hypothesis and also rejected the null hypothesis. Job involvement followed by affective commitment had the highest zero order correlation. Job satisfaction correlated relatively weakly, though significantly, with 'Not-on-seat' or organisational citizenship behaviour.