The relationship between transformational leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour
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Authors
Sechudi, Orapeleng Oscar
Issue Date
2014-12
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Transformational Leadership (TL) , Organisational citizenship behaviour , Military leadership , Civic virtues , Sportsmanship , Courtesy , Altruism , Conscientiousness , Individualised consideration , Intellectual stimulation , Inspirational motivation , Individualised
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Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the transformational leadership (TL) style of officers and their followers’ organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in a South African military environment. TL was measured by means of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) (Form 5X) and OCB by means of the Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale (OCBS). A sample of 300 followers was identified at a military unit in the South African Army and the participants were requested to complete the two questionnaires. The MLQ produced a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91 and the OCBS a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.79, which were both statistically significant and acceptable. The main hypothesis of the empirical study was accepted, which predicted a significant relationship between TL and OCB (r = 0.412, significant at the 0.001 level). The hypotheses predicting a significant relationship between TL the five sub-dimensions of OCB produced mixed results. These results are as follows; there was no significant relationship between TL and Civic Virtue (r = 0.180), between TL and Sportsmanship (r = 0.132) and between TL and Courtesy (r = 0.207). Additionally, the hypotheses predicting a significant relationship between TL and Altruism (r = 0.499) and between TL and Conscientiousness (r = 0.315) were accepted.
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Sechudi, Orapeleng Oscar (2014) The relationship between transformational leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18684>