The Effect of Transformational leadership on Organizational citizenship Behavior and Innovative Behaviors among employees of Isfahan Azad University: Mediating role of work engagement

The main purpose of this research was to study the effect of Transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior, innovative behavior with considering mediating role of work engagement. The study was correlational and the statistical population included all employees of Isfahan Azad University. Of which, 200 people were selected through convenience sampling method. Research instruments consisted of Transformational leadership Questionnaire by Bass & Avolio (2013), Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire by lee & Allen (2002), Innovative Questionnaire by kanter (1988) and Work engagement Questionnaire by Etrihkt (2006). Data were analyzed with use of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and result revealed that there were significant direct effect of transformational leadership on work engagement, organizational citizenship behavior and innovative behavior (p<0/01). Moreover, there were significant indirect effect of transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior and innovative behavior through work engagement (p<0/01). Hence, based on research's results it could be concluded that, transformational leadership as a most important variable, directly and indirectly increases work engagement, organizational citizenship behavior and innovative behavior.