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A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia

Local Government being the third-tier in Malaysian government has been identified as one of the government agencies mandated to drive economic growth and development of a district and its residents. Being one of the main service providers for the public, local governments have been plagued with p...

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Main Authors: Rashidah, Mohamad Ibrahim, Mazuri, Abd Ghani, Noorul Hafizah, Hashim, Wan Abd Aziz, Wan Mohd Amin, Munir, Salleh
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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HC Economic History and Conditions
JS Local government Municipal government
JZ International relations
Online Access:http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/721/1/FH03-FESP-15-03272.pdf
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spelling my-unisza-ir.7212020-10-27T01:17:32Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/721/ A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia Rashidah, Mohamad Ibrahim Mazuri, Abd Ghani Noorul Hafizah, Hashim Wan Abd Aziz, Wan Mohd Amin Munir, Salleh HC Economic History and Conditions JS Local government Municipal government JZ International relations Local Government being the third-tier in Malaysian government has been identified as one of the government agencies mandated to drive economic growth and development of a district and its residents. Being one of the main service providers for the public, local governments have been plagued with public complaints as the issues of inefficiency of service quality and delivery has yet to meet the expectations of the public. Statistics from Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) showed that high number of complaints have been addressed by the public towards local governments’ operational issues. Thus, in responding to PCB statistics and lack in-depth research on local government, the objectives of this study are (i) to analyse on the items comprising leader-member exchange (LMX) scale and (ii) to investigate the relationship between LMX and employees’ readiness in exhibiting organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB). Data from 222 respondents working in Johor, Melaka and Negri Sembilan were collected through a structured questionnaire using disproportioned stratified sampling procedure. Results indicated that majority of the respondents agreed on statements under LMX dimensions of affect, loyalty, contribution and respect with recorded means of between 3.55 to 4.05. Correlations showed that LMX and its dimensions have positive significant impact towards OCB readiness. In order to accomplish the mandated objectives and to gain public trust and confidence towards local governments’ efficiency and competency, nurturing quality dyadic relationship between leaders and subordinates should be given priority as results have proved to be significant in elevating OCB among local governments’ employees. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/721/1/FH03-FESP-15-03272.pdf Rashidah, Mohamad Ibrahim and Mazuri, Abd Ghani and Noorul Hafizah, Hashim and Wan Abd Aziz, Wan Mohd Amin and Munir, Salleh (2015) A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia. In: Unisza Research Conference, 14-16 April 2015, UNISZA.
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topic HC Economic History and Conditions
JS Local government Municipal government
JZ International relations
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
JS Local government Municipal government
JZ International relations
Rashidah, Mohamad Ibrahim
Mazuri, Abd Ghani
Noorul Hafizah, Hashim
Wan Abd Aziz, Wan Mohd Amin
Munir, Salleh
A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia
description Local Government being the third-tier in Malaysian government has been identified as one of the government agencies mandated to drive economic growth and development of a district and its residents. Being one of the main service providers for the public, local governments have been plagued with public complaints as the issues of inefficiency of service quality and delivery has yet to meet the expectations of the public. Statistics from Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) showed that high number of complaints have been addressed by the public towards local governments’ operational issues. Thus, in responding to PCB statistics and lack in-depth research on local government, the objectives of this study are (i) to analyse on the items comprising leader-member exchange (LMX) scale and (ii) to investigate the relationship between LMX and employees’ readiness in exhibiting organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB). Data from 222 respondents working in Johor, Melaka and Negri Sembilan were collected through a structured questionnaire using disproportioned stratified sampling procedure. Results indicated that majority of the respondents agreed on statements under LMX dimensions of affect, loyalty, contribution and respect with recorded means of between 3.55 to 4.05. Correlations showed that LMX and its dimensions have positive significant impact towards OCB readiness. In order to accomplish the mandated objectives and to gain public trust and confidence towards local governments’ efficiency and competency, nurturing quality dyadic relationship between leaders and subordinates should be given priority as results have proved to be significant in elevating OCB among local governments’ employees.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rashidah, Mohamad Ibrahim
Mazuri, Abd Ghani
Noorul Hafizah, Hashim
Wan Abd Aziz, Wan Mohd Amin
Munir, Salleh
author_facet Rashidah, Mohamad Ibrahim
Mazuri, Abd Ghani
Noorul Hafizah, Hashim
Wan Abd Aziz, Wan Mohd Amin
Munir, Salleh
author_sort Rashidah, Mohamad Ibrahim
title A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia
title_short A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia
title_full A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia
title_fullStr A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia
title_sort descriptive analysis on leader-member exchange and its impact on organizational citizenship behaviour readiness on local government employees in southern region of malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/721/1/FH03-FESP-15-03272.pdf
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