Personality traits and organizational citizenship behavior in academia: exploring happiness at work as a mediator

Foziya Farooq is based at the Department of Commerce, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. She is a Research Fellow at the Department of Commerce, School of Business, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India. She is Pursuing her PhD in the area of organizational behavior. Her areas of research interest include happiness at work, personality, OCB and innovative work behavior. She has published research papers in various reputed journals including International Journal of Organizational Analysis, European Journal of Training and Development and the like. Foziya Farooq is also a recipient of Indian Council of Social Science Research Doctoral Fellowship.

Nazir Ahmed Nazir is based at the Department of Commerce, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. He is Professor and Dean, School of Business Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. With a PhD from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Nazir is in the profession of teaching and research for the past 30 years. Dr Nazir has to his credit more than 40 articles published in national and international journals of repute including Vikalpa, Vision, Psychology and Developing Societies, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning and the like. He was also awarded the best paper presentation award in one of the international conferences at Hong Kong. Nazir is the Chief Editor of the faculty Journal, The Business Review, and has guided several doctoral and postdoctoral candidates. His research interests include: organizational culture, leadership, OCB, employee voice and organizational politics.