THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTRIBUTIONAL CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR

This study examined the relationship between attributional charismatic leadership and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Survey data were collected from 63 supervisor-subordinate dyads emplo yed in the Engineering Division of a manufacturing firm. Hierarchical regression analysis supported the prediction that subordinate attribut ions of supervisor charismatic leadership would be positively associat ed with supervisor reports of subordinate OCB. The findings were inter preted in terms of how subordinate personal identification and interna lization processes induced by charismatic leadership may activate OCB.