THE EFFECT OF THE SERVANT LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR: CASE STUDY OF A UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of servant leadership on organizational citizenship behaviors. For this aim, firstly, the servant leadership, then organizational citizenship behaviors are explained. In the application part, a questionnaire including the measures of the servant leadership and organizational citizenship behaviors is distributed to employees of one of the leading private universities in Turkey and the data were assessed by statistical analysis methods. Finally, it is found that there is a positive relationship between servant leadership and organizational citizenship behaviors

Keywords

• Leadership, Servant leadership, organizational citizenship behaviors

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