the relation between mood and affect with organizational citizenship behavior (ocb) and job absenteeism in four industrial factory personnel; a multiple level of analysis approach

aim and background: one of main concerning problem among industrial organizational research was to study mood and affect in work environments. the aim of the current research was to investigate relation between mood and affect with organizational citizenship behavior and job absenteeism in work context. methods and materials: this was a correlational study. statistical population consist of all personnel of isfahan polyacril and isfahan d.m.t companies, isfahan zob ahan, and isfahan steal complex of mobarakeh (14985 persons) that have disadmitted absent from work for one year. the current study was administered in 2008. 35 groups (374 persons) were selected randomly from working groups of these factories that were from intact organizational groups. instruments were job affect inventory, positive and negative affect questionnaire and organizational citizenship behavior inventory and archival data. within analysis and between analysis, also hierarchical and ols (ordinary least squares) regression methods were used for analyzing data. findings: findings at individual level indicated that absenteeism related negatively with positive tone affect and positively with negative tone affect. also ocb conversely related to negative tone affect. at group level of analysis, absenteeism with positive tone affect had reverse relationship, while it had direct relation with negative tone affect. conclusions: in individual level, there was a stronger relation between affect and absenteeism among members of work groups with similar mood reactions, because of group effects.