The Mediating Effect of Social Capital on the Relationship between Distributed Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Proposed Model

Authors

  • Luqman Mahmud
  • Shaiful Annuar Khalid
  • Ahmad Nizan Mat Noor

Keywords:

Mediating, Social Capital, Distributed Leadership, Citizenship Behavior.

Abstract

Previous studies have investigated various leadership styles as antecedents to OCB such as transformational, transactional, servant and charismatic. However, there is a lacking of studies investigating distributed leadership (DL) as an antecedent to OCB. DL is the latest emerging leadership styles in organization practice that emphasized leadership as an organizational process in which each member of the organization should have the right and the responsibility to skillfully participate in leadership practices.  DL is critical for organizational constructs because it has the potential to improve employee OCB by giving employees a certain level of autonomy in decision making such as flexible rest time. Although studies on the relationship between transformational, transactional and servant leadership with OCB are rather common, studies that examine the relationship between DL and OCB are still lacking. There are a total of 7796 teachers at 81 technical schools and vocational colleges in West Malaysia. For this study, the sample size needed is 375 teachers. After reliability and construct validity analysis, research will use Pearson correlation coefficient and standard multiple regression in order to test the hypothesis of this study. This paper aims to review the literature related to DL and OCB and then propose a test model as well as propositions that can be tested. It is also to improve the relationship between dimensions of DL and dimension of OCB by suggesting Social Capital (SC) as a mediating variable.

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Published

2022-04-05