Title: Transformational leadership's impact on organisational citizenship: mediating roles of organisational learning and affective commitment

Authors: N. Akbar Jan; A.K. Subramani; C. Ramkumar; S. Chandrasekaran

Addresses: Department of Human Resource Management and Soft Skills, ICFAI Business School (IBS), The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) (Deemed to be University U/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956), Hyderabad, India ' Saveetha School of Management, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ' Saveetha School of Management, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ' Saveetha School of Management, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: The purpose of the research is to understand the serial mediation effect of organisational learning culture (OLC) and affective commitment (AC) on the relationship between transformational leadership (TL) and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). The research was conducted among the 443 employees in the selected IT companies. The snowball sampling technique was adopted to collect the responses from the target population. Our study's outcome indicates that OLC and AC individually and serially mediate the relationship between TL and OCB. However, in both cases, it is only partial mediation. TL has a significant direct positive effect on OCB and a significant indirect impact on OCB through OLC and AC. Enhancing OCB can be achieved by managers through the cultivation of TL. This positive effect can be reinforced by emphasising organisational learning and increasing AC.

Keywords: transformational leadership; affective commitment; organisational learning culture; OLC; organisational citizenship behaviour; OCB; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2025.143787

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2025 Vol.24 No.1, pp.23 - 41

Received: 05 Jul 2024
Accepted: 20 Aug 2024
Published online: 07 Jan 2025 *

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