Relationship Leadership, Employee Engagement, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Authors

  • Dorothea Wahyu Ariani Dept. of Management, Economics Faculty of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18533/ijbsr.v4i8.589

Keywords:

supportive leadership, employee engagement, organizational citizenship behavior

Abstract

Our research focuses on the impact of supportive leadership and employee engagement on the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The research study setting with the individual unit of analysis. A survey was conducted by using questionnaires from previous research. The questionnaires were sent to 300 employees in service organizations in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 252 completed surveys data were returned anonymously in sealed envelopes. Validity and reliability tests were used to test the questionnaires contents. The structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the relationship among variables.   The result proved that supportive leadership and employee engagement have direct positive relationship with OCB and employee engagement mediated the relationship between supportive leadership and OCB. A thorough discussion on the relationship among the variables as well as on self-rating is presented in this paper. 

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2014-08-22

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