The Effect of Green Transformational Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Egypt

Christine Karmy Gad El Karim Srour; Amr Kheir-El-Din; Yasmine M. Samir

doi:10.36941/ajis-2020-0081

Authors

Christine Karmy Gad El Karim Srour Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Amr Kheir-El-Din Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Yasmine M. Samir Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2020-0081

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of Green Transformational Leadership (GTL) on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) of Information Technology (IT) employees in Egypt. Significant research has been conducted to understand the influence of transformational leadership on various, yet outdated, OCB constructs. Since Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is closely related to OCB, this research looks at the effect of transformational leadership style, from an environmental perceptive on OCB. A simple random sample consisting of 378 IT employees working for Egyptian owned organizations was studied. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis were used to test the research hypotheses. The research results show that all GTL dimensions had a significant effect on all OCB dimensions. This paper makes substantial contributions in highlighting the relationships between GTL and OCB. It also adds to the critical and theoretical understandings, essential in developing green leadership styles and OCB.