Leadership Styles as Determinants of Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Public Sector University Teachers

The current study was an empirical attempt to examine the role of perceived leadership styles in predicting organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among a sample of university teachers (N = 494). Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) developed by Bass and Avolio (1997) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale (Lee & Allen, 2002) were used to measure the constructs used in present study. Multiple regression analysis revealed that perceived transformational and transactional leadership styles of teachers were significant positive predictors of OCB. Idealized influence (attributes) idealized influence (behaviors), inspirational motivation and, intellectual stimulation sub-constructs of transformational and contingent reward a sub-construct of transactional leadership were also found to be significant positive predictors of OCB. Limitations, suggestions and implications have also been discussed