%0 Journal Article %T The Impact of Sympathetic Components of Emotional Intelligence on Citizenship Behavior of Physicians %A Elham Sahafi %A Habibolah Danaee %A Mohammad Ali Sarlak %A Fedyeh Haghollah %J Journal of Family and Reproductive Health %D 2012 %I Tehran University of Medical Sciences %X Objectivep: One of the most important characteristics of an effective employee performance is person'sSympathetic components of emotional intelligence that has been increasingly considered in anenterprise environment.In this article, we will survey this component in promoting citizenship behaviorof physicians.Materials and methods: In a descriptive, co relational and statistical community approach Theoutstanding performance of an organization using simple random sampling method, 212 cases wereincluded as doctors having subspecialty of the infertility in the Islamic Republic of Iran. A questionnairewas used for data collection. After summarization, structural equation modeling techniques were usedfor analysis and interpretation of research data.Results: The Sympathetic component has a significant positive impact on organizational citizenshipbehavior (T=2.90) and this factor with the effect of 0.46% has the impact on organizational citizenshipbehavior.Conclusion: Considering the importance of sympathy aspect due to results of this research hospitalmanagers are recommended to consider the importance of emotional intelligence in order to enhancethe social capabilities of citizenship behaviors of physicians. %K Emotional Intelligence %K Citizenship Behavior %K Physician %U http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/20741.pdf&manuscript_id=20741