With the process of reform and opening-up, China's economy is developing rapidly. Some great changes have taken place in Chinese industrial structure. Meanwhile, the market competition also became fiercer. In order to adapt to the rapidly changing mar...
With the process of reform and opening-up, China's economy is developing rapidly. Some great changes have taken place in Chinese industrial structure. Meanwhile, the market competition also became fiercer. In order to adapt to the rapidly changing marketing environment, some organizations began to constantly explore a new leadership. In addition, under the current marketing environment not only merely in-role, extra-role which beyond the job (Organizational Citizenship Behavior) from employees is also the necessity for organizations' survive. In other words, organizational citizenship behavior is vital to the growth and survival of an organization. Researchers with this view point have been involved with verifying the various leadership styles which influence the Organizational Citizenship Behavior.
Intended purposes of this study are to analyze the effect of Leader-member Exchange Leadership on the Organizational Citizenship Behavior and to demonstrate whether the Empowerment mediates the relationship between Leader-member Exchange Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior.
To verify whether the hypothesis of this study is correct or not, 250 questionnaires were written and distributed to people. There are 230 questionnaire replies, but 201 of them are available for analysis.
The results of the study are as follows:
First, Leader-member Exchange Leadership has a positive impact on the Empowerment effect.
Second, Leader-member Exchange Leadership has a positive impact on Organizational Behavior for Individual.
Third, Leader-member Exchange Leadership has a positive impact on Organizational Behavior for Organization.
Fourth, the Empowerment effect supports a mediating role in the relationship of Leader-member Exchange Leadership and Organizational Behavior for Individual.
These findings show that it is necessary to introduce the theoretical and practical implications of Leader-member Exchange Leadership, Organizational Behavior for Individual, Organizational Behavior for Organization, and Empowerment to adapt the current marketing environment as well as promote organizations’ development. In addition, be a basis proposal for future research.