英文摘要 |
To survive in a dynamic business environment, organizations have invested tremendous resources in their employees to reduce costs and gain a competitive advantage. Studies have found a relationship between organizational performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). OCB is work-related behavior that is independent of the formal reward system but that promotes effective functioning in the organization. However, work values, manifested in work attitudes and behaviors, must drive such effectiveness. Consequently, a shift in work values may be the cause of a high turnover rate, a lack of professional knowledge or skills, and so on. On the other hand, leadership styles (i.e., the combination of separate, distinct behaviors) may, in turn, affect employee work values by modifying the organization’s reward and sanction system. Because OCB operates independently from the effects of the explicit reward system, the factors that contribute to OCB must be implicit, such as those related to leadership styles. This study first explored the relationship between employee work values and OCB and then explored the effect of different leadership styles on OCB, focusing specifically on the mediating effect of paternalistic leadership behaviors. Questionnaires were administered to 118 subjects who were randomly selected from job-holding students enrolled in an evening continuing education program. The results showed a linkage between work values and OCB; in particular, the results revealed the following: (a) placing a value on ‘social service’ promoted altruistic behavior, and (b) placing a value on ‘individual accommodation’ promoted the OCB of altruism and protecting company resources. In terms of the three paternalistic leadership behavior dimensions, moral and benevolent leadership but not authoritarian leadership, exerted a significant influence on OCB. Furthermore, correlation and regression analyses indicated that paternalistic leadership behaviors had a mediating effect on the relationship between work values and OCB, albeit in only particular combinations. |