Page No.78-84
M.G.Shahnawaz and Md. Hassan Jafri
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Gaedu College of Business Studies, Gedu, Bhutan
The study aimed at exploring psychological capital in two kinds of organizations
(public and private). The study further explored how psychological capital influences
organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour in public and
private organizations. The sample comprises 160 junior and middle level managers,
80 e ach f rom t wo o rganizations. D imensions o f psychological c apital w ere
measured by four different scales. Hope was measured by Snyder et al scale,
resiliency by Neil and Dias scale, self ef ficacy by Jerusalem and Schwarzer ‘s
scale and optimism was measured by Scheier & Carver’s scale. Organizational
Commitment was measured by Allen and Meyer ’s scale and organizational
citizenship behaviour by a scale developed by Chattopaadhyay. The results showed
that all the dimensions of psychological capital were significantly different in the
two organizations. Regression analyses showed that psychological capital as a
whole couldn’t predict organizational commitment and organizational citizenship
behaviour in both the organizations.
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