Examining the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors with Emphasizing on the Role of Public Service Motivation and Goal Clarity

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

2 M.Sc., Department of Management, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

Abstract

After years of reforms in public sector, so many questions regarding the effects of leadership behaviors in public sectors have been posed. The chief goal of present study is to shed light on the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behaviors with emphasizing on the role of public service motivation and goal clarity. This research is applied and the research method is descriptive - correlational. The participants of this research project were nurses of eastern public hospitals of Golestan province. The sample of the study was 250 nurses were chosen through random stratified sampling. Data were collected through 4 questionnaires such as citizenship behaviors of Organ (1988), transformational leadership behaviors of Boss and Ovlio (2000), public service motivation and goal clarity of Ritz et al(2014). The measured Cronbach's alpha in these questionnaires was (0.7). The employed methodology was descriptive- correlation and data were analyzed utilizing structural equitation modeling (SEM). The results show that there is a significant relationship between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behaviors.

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