Title: Does adhocracy culture enhance employee engagement and facilitate OCB? A mediation analysis

Authors: Kamaleswar Boro; Fariza Saidin; Pulak Kumar Deka; Bijit Debbarma

Addresses: Department of Applied Management, Assam Skill University, Rehabari, Guwahati, Assam, India ' Girijananda Chowdhury University, Hathkhowapara, Azara, Guwahati, Assam, India ' Sankar Madhab Path, Gandhi Nagar Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India ' Assam Down Town University, Sankar Madhab Path, Gandhi Nagar Panikhaiti, Guwahati, India

Abstract: The study highlights the mediating role of adhocracy culture in the nexus between employee engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour. Past studies on organisational culture have not emphasised specifically, on the influence of adhocracy culture across organisations and its impact on facilitating employee engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour. Data was collected from 219 employees of private firms across Guwahati, Assam. Partial Least Square based structured equation modelling was performed with the data to examine the relationship between the variables. As per the findings, adhocracy culture facilitates employee engagement and organisational citizenship behaviour but has an inverse relationship with employee engagement. Adhocracy culture was also found to be significant in mediating the relationship between organisational citizenship behaviour and employee engagement. As direct influence of OCB and EE was confirmed through path analysis, the strength of mediation of adhocracy culture was found to be small. Additionally, moderating effect of years of experience and gender was found to be insignificant. The study findings provide practical implication on firms and management, in terms of implementing adhocracy culture across their organisational culture.

Keywords: organisational citizenship behaviour; employee engagement; adhocracy culture.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAMS.2026.155392

International Journal of Applied Management Science, 2026 Vol.18 No.3, pp.334 - 354

Received: 30 Apr 2024
Accepted: 11 Oct 2024
Published online: 31 Jul 2026 *

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