Omar Imhmed, Omar Imhmed and Sharif, Mohmad Yazam (2014) Conscientiousness as a moderator in the relationship between transformational leadership style and OCB-O. In: International Conference on Business Management (ICBM) 2014, 18-19 August 2014, Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

The present paper aims to explore the relationship between the leadership style and organizational citizenship behavior linked to organization (OCB-O) and the moderating role that employees characteristics playing in this relationship within the Libyan oil organizations. The concept of leadership implies an interactive process between leaders and their employees. Historically, scholarly efforts in the field of leadership have focused primarily on the leader.Recently, rising calls pointed out to explain the role that employees characteristics playing in the leadership Process.However, researchers have only begun to explore followers’ perspectives in regards to this relationship.Therefore, this paper examined the role of follower characteristics as a moderator on the relationship between leadership style and employee's organizational citizenship behavior linked to organization (OCB-O).Utilizing a sample of approximately 194 workers in Libyan oil's organizations, this study expects that conscientiousness will positively moderate the relationship between leadership style and the OCB-O of employees.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN 978-957-0910-05-5 Organized by : School of Business Management (SBM) Universiti Utara Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	leadership style; OCB-O; employees’ characteristics; Libyan oil organizations.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	School of Business Management
Depositing User:	Prof. Madya Dr. Mohmad Yazam Sharif
Date Deposited:	22 Jun 2017 02:00
Last Modified:	22 Jun 2017 02:00
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22418

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