Organisational citizenship behaviours, a fact in smallorganisations? : a study about leadership behaviour, as an antecedent of organisational citizenship behaviour in small organisations

Abstract

This study examined the impact of transformational leader behaviours on organisational citizenship behaviours in small organisations, and the potential mediating role played by subordinates’ trust in the supervisor and perceptions of procedural justice. Moreover, a second – alternative – model tested whether other leader behaviour, like fair behaviour of the supervisor, has an influence on organisational citizenship behaviours. This study was conducted among five small companies, with between 23 and 32 employees, in the east of the Netherlands.