The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia

This study proposed a mediated-moderation model to examine the relationship between leadership and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) because the mechanism of how leadership influence employee OCB is not sufficiently clear. Besides examining the direct relationship between leadership and OCB...

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Main Author: Soo, Hooi Sin
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description This study proposed a mediated-moderation model to examine the relationship between leadership and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) because the mechanism of how leadership influence employee OCB is not sufficiently clear. Besides examining the direct relationship between leadership and OCB among 474 bank employees from a total of 60 bank branches in Penang, the study also investigated the indirect relationship with the inclusion of stress as a mediator and social support as a moderator in the relationship between leadership and OCB. Finally the examination of the mediated-moderation effects of leadership, stress and social support and its influence on OCB was also undertaken. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire through self-administered approach and the data were obtained from employee’s self-ratings. Multiple regression analysis and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that stress mediates the relationship between leadership and OCB, and that social support moderates the relationship between leadership and stress. Finally, an ANOVA was undertaken to examine the mediated-moderation effect and the results indicated that employees with higher social support have lower stress experience from the leader and this leads to higher OCB. The findings of this study suggest that different types of leader behaviors can influence different symptoms of stress among employees. However this effect can be mitigated by adequate social support. The implication of this research is that managers need to be aware that their leadership style should not unduly induce stress among their employees as this can have a deleterious effect on OCB. Further management must develop a supportive social environment through social network as this has been shown to buffer stress among employees.
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spelling my.uum.etd-34482016-04-24T02:20:51Z https://etd.uum.edu.my/3448/ The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia Soo, Hooi Sin HD58.7 Organizational Behavior. This study proposed a mediated-moderation model to examine the relationship between leadership and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) because the mechanism of how leadership influence employee OCB is not sufficiently clear. Besides examining the direct relationship between leadership and OCB among 474 bank employees from a total of 60 bank branches in Penang, the study also investigated the indirect relationship with the inclusion of stress as a mediator and social support as a moderator in the relationship between leadership and OCB. Finally the examination of the mediated-moderation effects of leadership, stress and social support and its influence on OCB was also undertaken. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire through self-administered approach and the data were obtained from employee’s self-ratings. Multiple regression analysis and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that stress mediates the relationship between leadership and OCB, and that social support moderates the relationship between leadership and stress. Finally, an ANOVA was undertaken to examine the mediated-moderation effect and the results indicated that employees with higher social support have lower stress experience from the leader and this leads to higher OCB. The findings of this study suggest that different types of leader behaviors can influence different symptoms of stress among employees. However this effect can be mitigated by adequate social support. The implication of this research is that managers need to be aware that their leadership style should not unduly induce stress among their employees as this can have a deleterious effect on OCB. Further management must develop a supportive social environment through social network as this has been shown to buffer stress among employees. 2012-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/3448/1/s92078.pdf text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/3448/2/s92078_abstract.pdf Soo, Hooi Sin (2012) The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia. PhD. thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
spellingShingle HD58.7 Organizational Behavior.
Soo, Hooi Sin
The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia
title The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia
title_full The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia
title_fullStr The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia
title_short The mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: A study among bank employees in Malaysia
title_sort mediation and moderation effects of stress and social support on leadership-organizational citizenship behavior relationship: a study among bank employees in malaysia
topic HD58.7 Organizational Behavior.
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/3448/1/s92078.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/3448/2/s92078_abstract.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/3448/
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