The Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Teachers:’ Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Document Type : Scientific - Research

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University

2 Master student of educational research, Payame Noor University

Abstract

The aim of this study is to present a Causal Model of the Authentic Leadership and Organizational Citizenship behavior with the mediating role of Academic Optimism by analyzing path among Abadeh Primary School Teachers. For this purpose, 210 people (153 women and 57 men) of the primary school teachers in the educational year of 2014-2015 in Abadeh were selected by simple random sampling. A self-report questionnaire consisted of authentic leadership scale (Avolio, Gardner and Walumbwa, 2007), Academic optimism (Wayne Hoy, 2005) and organizational citizenship behavior (Organ & Kanovsky, 1989) was responded. The method of study is correlational. The results showed that Authentic Leadership elements, (Self-awareness, Balanced processing, Internalized moral perspective and Relational transparency) via intermediary role of Academic optimism elements, affected the organizational citizenship behaviors of the teachers positively and indirectly. The findings also showed that among the elements of the authentic leadership, both relational transparency and the ethical leadership have the greatest indirect influence on the organizational citizenship behavior. Also, among the components of Academic optimism, efficacy has the highest direct positive effect on organizational citizenship behavior. Meanwhile 33/0 of the variance in the organizational citizenship behavior was explained by two variables including scientific leadership and academic optimism.

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