A survey of the relationship between transformational leadership and staff organizational citizenship behavior

A paradigm of leadership in organizational psychology is transformational leadership that has been the subject of extensive research throughout the world. In addition to emotional obligation, transformational leadership raises subordinates satisfaction and their trust in leadership. Those Leaders who demonstrate transformational behaviors create a series of positive effects in the organization. On the other hand, outstanding organizational performance can not be obtained merely from ordinary staff efforts. One of the reasons underling successes in large organizations is the fact that their staff performance is beyond their formal tasks. By the Meaning of that they show Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Researches indicate that there's a positive relationship between transformational leadership and Organizational citizenship behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and Organizational citizenship behavior. Therefore, required data for the analysis of this claim has been obtained by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior questionnaires from the statistical sample (Qom Management & Planning Organization and State Tax Organization). The findings of our research based on Pearson correlation Co-efficiency show that there is not only a meaningful relationship between transformational leadership and Organizational citizenship behavior, but also this relation is broken down into mutual sub factor of sides. Among the transformational leadership attributes, idealized behaviors and individual considerations are ranked as the most effective attributes on Organizational Citizenship Behavior.