The purpose of this study is to explore the
two-sided effects of self-sacrificial leadership on employees’ organizational
citizenship behavior, and to provide inspiration for the theoretical and
practical communities on how to harness the
utility of self-sacrificial leadership. Based on the theory of self-determination and
social information processing,
With the help of the Leader-Employee Matching Questionnaire from 15
companies in China, the results of this paper
show 1) self-sacrificial leadership positively affects employees organizational
citizenship behavior and compulsory citizenship behavior; 2) harmonious work
passion mediates the relationship between self-sacrificial leadership and
organizational citizenship behavior; 3) citizenship pressure mediates the relationship between self-sacrificial
leadership and compulsory citizenship behavior;4) organizational justice positively moderate the relationship between the self-sacrificial leadership and the harmonious work passion,
negatively moderate the relationship between self-sacrificial leadership and
citizenship pressure. The findings
complement the double-edged sword effect and boundary conditions of
self-sacrificial leadership affecting employees’ organizational
citizenship behavior, revealing that organizations and managers need to
dialectically view the impact of self-sacrificial leadership and pay attention
to employees’ real psychological states.
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