THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EI) AND ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHP BEHAVIOUR (OCB): THE MODERATING ROLE OF ISLAMIC WORK ETHICS (IWE)

Objective: this study intended to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence (ei) and organizational citizenship behaviour (ocb) with moderating role of islamic work ethics (iwe). methods: a sample of 123 students of islamabad were surveyed on ei, ocb and iwe and data from this survey were entered into a linear regression model to study the links between these variables. thirty-four (27.6%), 45 (36.6%), 9 (7.3%), 27 (21.9%) and 8 (6.5%) of the respondents were in the age range of 20 - 25, 25 - 30, 30 - 35, 35 and above, respectively. furthermore, 7 (5.7%), 23 (18.7%), 43 (34.9%), 31 (25.2%) and 19 (15.4%) had qualifications of graduate, masters, ms, phd and post doc, respectively. eighty-two (66.67%) were male and 41 (33.33%) female. results: there was a statistically significant linear relation between ei and ocb (beta = 0.292) whereas iwe also had a notable link with ocb (beta =0.559). iwe had no significant impact on the relationship between ei and ocb. conclusion: the interaction effect of ei and iwe did not cause the target sample of the study to exhibit ocb to a significant level