Effect of Ethical Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Employees and Intention to Leave the Job with the Mediating Role of Internal Motivation in University administrators of Golestan Province

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of ethical leadership on employees' organizational citizenship behavior and the intention to leave the job with the mediating role of intrinsic motivation among university managers in Golestan province. The data collection in this research was done by the field method and the data collection tool was the standard questionnaire of Sharif and Ethan (2018). The statistical population in this research is 205 university managers in Golestan province, and the sample size is 135 based on Morgan's table and selected by simple random sampling. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method. In addition, the structural equation method was used to examine and analyze the test of research hypotheses using SmartPLS software. The results of the research hypotheses test show that: 1- ethical leadership has an impact on organizational citizenship behavior; 2- Ethical leadership has an effect on the intention to leave the job; 3- Ethical leadership affects internal motivation; 4- Internal motivation has an effect on organizational citizenship behavior; 5- Intrinsic motivation does not affect the intention to leave the job.