The role of leadership styles in organizational citizenship behavior through mediation of perceived organizational support and job satisfaction

Bibliographic Data

ID11634378
AuthorsAli Asgari (0000-0003-0131-8902, University of Birjand, corresponding author), Somayeh Mezginejad (0000-0002-1059-1487, Shiraz University), Fatemeh Taherpour (0000-0003-2549-1515, University of Birjand)
Year2020
Volume30
Issue75
Pages87-98
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInnovar (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0121-5051 • E-ISSN: 2248-6968
PublisherUniversidad Nacional de Colombia (PUBLISHER • CO)
DOI10.15446/innovar.v30n75.83259
OpenAlexW2999295207
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited35

This paper seeks to examine transformational and transactional leadership, employees’ organizational citizenship behavior, employees’ job satisfaction and perceived organizational sup­port; which are employees' organizational citizenship behavior associations. In addition, this study explores the mediating role of employees’ job satisfaction and perceived organizational support in the relationship between transformational and transactional leadership styles and employees’ organizational citizenship behavior. The study was conducted at the University of Birjand, Iran, on a sample of 250 employees. This research follows a descriptive and correlational approach. Our findings show that transformational leadership and employees’ job satisfaction and perceived organizational support positively and significantly influence employees’ organizational citizen-ship behavior. Additionally, results revealed that employees’ job satisfaction mediates the asso­ciation between transformational and transactional leadership and employees’ organizational citizenship behavior. Moreover, employees perceived organizational support mediates the asso­ciation between transformational and transactional leadership and employees’ organizational citi­zenship behavior. Iranian organizations, especially universities, should invest in transformational leadership and job satisfaction, as well as in the selection of managers with transformational lead­ership styles and employees who are eager to work at the university, in order to enrich the organi­zational citizenship behavior of employees

Business · Job satisfaction · Leadership style · Organizational citizenship behavior · Organizational commitment · Political science · Public relations · Transactional leadership · Transformational leadership · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

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