The Relationship between Transformational Leadership Style and Employees’ Psychological Energy: The Mediating Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior

  The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership style and employees’ feelings of energy through the mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior. The Methods of the present study was a cross-sectional correlational study. The statistical population of this study consisted of all employees of a governmental organization from where, using random sampling method, 253 people were selected and asked then to complete the study scales including transformational leadership, organizational citizenship behavior and employees’ feelings of energy. To test the hypotheses, the collected data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique in Smart-PLS statistical software. The results of data analysis showed that the coefficients of the effect of transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior is equal to 0.34, transformational leadership on employees’ feelings of energy is equal to 0.43, and organizational citizenship behavior on employees' feelings of energy is equal to 0.17. The results of the path analysis indicated that organizational citizenship behavior plays a mediating role for the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ feelings of energy. The additional analysis showed that among the components of transformational leadership style, the inspirational motivation component has the greatest effect on the employees’ feelings of energy compared to other three components.