The Effect of Positive Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior based on Self-determination theory
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Abstract
Based on the theory of self-determination and the related literature of positive leadership, we explore the internal mechanism of the influence of positive leadership on organizational citizenship behavior, especially the mediating role of intrinsic motivation and the moderating role of right distance. Through the statistical test and analysis of 281 data in China, we use SPSS 23.0 and Mplus7.0 to test our research hypothesis. Consistent with our hypothesis, the results show that positive leadership can have a significant positive effect on intrinsic motivation. Positive leadership can have an indirect positive impact on organizational citizenship behavior partly through the transmission of intrinsic motivation. Power distance can weaken the positive effect of positive leadership on intrinsic motivation, that is, for employees with high power distance, the positive effect of positive leadership on intrinsic motivation is weaker, on the contrary, the positive effect of positive leadership on intrinsic motivation of employees with low power distance is stronger. Power distance can adjust the mediating effect of intrinsic motivation between positive leadership and organizational citizenship behavior, that is, the stronger the power distance of employees, the weaker the indirect relationship between positive leadership and organizational citizenship behavior through intrinsic motivation.