ONLY WOMEN CAN SEE IT: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF GENDER ON THE EFFECT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON ORGANISATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR

Abstract

The link between positive leadership styles and employees’ performance has been well documented. Some previous findings have supported the effect of Transformational Leadership (TL) on employees’ Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB). This study aimed to examine the contribution of TL to OCB via Organisational Justice (OJ) for different genders. The participants were employees of an automobile company in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The data were collected using an online survey platform. Of 458 potential participants, 365 employees (80%) fully participated in all three data collection phases. Two hundred participants (55%) were men, and 165 (45%) were women. The results found that the indirect effect of TL on OCB through perceived OJ was moderated by employees’ gender. Unlike male employees, female employees tended to relate TL and OJ and consequently impacted their OCB. Transformational leaders have a stronger positive effect on OJ and OCB for female employees. In contrast, perceiving transformational characteristics from leaders did not influence OJ and OCB for male employees. This study is among a few studies investigating the effect of gender on leadership practices in business organisations. Discussion, limitations, and future research directions were included.