Meta-Analysis of Researches About Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Mohammadi Moghaddam, Yousef; Abbaspour, Jafar

Meta-Analysis of Researches About Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Yousef Mohammadi Moghaddam ¹

Jafar Abbaspour ²

¹ Assistant professor of Police Training University

² Master of Public Administration, Allameh Tabataba'i University

Abstract

Due to research developments in social and human sciences, scientists have come to this conclusion that having command over all aspects of a subject is almost impossible. Therefore, they tried combinational studies which would provide them with the extract of the current studies related to a special subject in a more systematic way. Due to the importance of the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior, this study has reviewed 8 articles aiming for merging quantitative results of studies regarding the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior in Iran, using meta-analysis method and comprehensive meta-analysis software (CMA2).The results of meta-analysis indicates that there is a higher than average relevance between transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior (with average effect-size of 0.6). Among the transformational leadership attributes, idealized behaviors with the effect-size of 0.62 has the greatest effect-size regarding organizational citizenship behavior and individual considerations with the effect-size of 0.54 has the least effect-size regarding organizational citizenship behavior.

Keywords

Meta-analysis

Effect-size

Transformational Leadership

Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Iranian organizations