Is In-Group Always the Good Soldier? The Role of Leader Member Exchange on the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior and mediating effect of leader member exchange on that relationship. Research hypotheses were tested with a sample of 50 leaders and 235 of their followers in two different public sector institutions from Ankara using structural equation model. As a result of this study, it was found that transformational leadership has significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior. It is found that transformational leadership behavior had more powerful impact on organizational citizenship behavior toward organization than toward individual. Moreover, leader member exchange had mediating role on transformational leadership-organizational citizenship behavior. The results indicate that transformational leadership affects exchange quality between leader and follower, then followers’ citizenship behavior is affected by exchange quality. In order to promote citizenship behavior, followers feel themselves as an in-group member of their transformational leader.

Keywords

• Transformational leadership,Leader member exchange,Organizational citizenship behavior

İç Grup Her Zaman İyi Asker Midir? Dönüşümcü Liderlik - Örgütsel Vatandaşlık Davranışı İlişkisinde Lider Üye Etkileşiminin Rolü

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı; dönüşümcü liderliğin örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışı üzerindeki etkisini incelemek ve bu etkide lider-üye etkileşiminin aracılık rolü olup olmadığını test etmektir. Araştırmanın hipotezleri,  Ankara da faaliyette bulunan iki farklı kamu kurumundan 50 lider ve bunların takipçisi 235 işgörenden elde edilen çok kaynaklı veriler üzerinden, yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ile test edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, dönüşümcü liderliğin örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışı üzerinde önemli etkiye sahip olduğu ortaya konulmuştur. Dönüşümcü liderliğin örgütsel vatandaşlık üzerindeki etkisinin örgüte karşı sergilenen vatandaşlık davranışlarını, bireye karşı sergilenen vatandaşlık davranışlarından daha güçlü şekilde etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Bunanla birlikte söz konusu ilişkide lider üye etkileşimin aracı etkiye sahip olduğu ortaya konulmuştur. Buna göre dönüşümcü liderlik öncelikle takipçiler ile kaliteli etkileşimi etkilemekte, kaliteli etkileşimin neticesiolarakda takipçiler vatandaşlık davranışı sergilemektedir. Dönüşümcü liderlerin takipçilerinin vatandaşlık davranışı sergilemelerinin yolunun kendilerini iç grupta hissetmelerine bağlı olduğu görülmüştür. 

Keywords

• dönüşümcü liderlik,lider üye etkileşimi,örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışı

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