Spiritual Leadership Effectiveness Model Based on the Achievement of Organizational Behavior and Staff Productivity

Subject Areas : Business Management

Mehdi Alahverdizadeh ¹ , Reza Khodaie Mahmoodi ²

1 - Ph.D. Student, Research Center, Public Administration, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Marand Unit, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran

Received: 2017-01-31 Accepted : 2017-07-15 Published : 2018-05-22

Keywords: Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Staff Productivity, spiritual leadership,

Abstract :

Research findings have supported the effectiveness of Spiritual Leadership Model at both individual and team levels in the raising production rate, organizational commitment, employee satisfaction and sales growth.  The purpose of this study was, thus, to evaluate the effect of Spiritual Leadership based on the achievement of organizational citizenship behavior and productivity of employees. To serve the purpose, six null hypotheses were formulated in this correlational research study. The participants included all the employees working at Tabriz municipality. We gleaned the research data using five questionnaires measuring the research variables. The questionnaires were all validated in a pilot study. The collected data were analyzed based on modeling route - a structure in the form of partial least squares approach. The results showed that Spiritual Leadership both had positive effects on organizational citizenship behavior and employee productivity.

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