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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

STIMULATING ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR (OCB) RESEARCH FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT: EXPLORATION OF LEADERSHIP PARADIGMS

ABDU JA’AFARU BAMBALE, FARIDAHWATI MOHD SHAMSUDIN, CHANDRAKANTAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM

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This paper synthesizes major leadership paradigms for the purpose of identifying possible ways
of influencing Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) to improve the functioning of
organizations. The leadership paradigms were extended to old and modern categories to
provide for systematic understanding of their antecedents and potential influence patterns. The
leadership approaches reported to have positive relationships with organizational citizenship
behaviors include transformational leadership, charismatic leadership, and ethical leadership
paradigms. We have found many modern leadership paradigms not to have been empirically
investigated for possible relationships with OCB. This paper therefore discusses the dynamics
and potentials for researches within the realms of the leadership paradigms and the OCB field.