ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AND LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AS CORRELATES OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AMONG WORKERS: MODERATING ROLE OF AUTONOMY

Authors

  • Stephen E. Iloke Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Awka, Nigeria
  • Tochukwu M. Oguegbe Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Awka, Nigeria
  • Leonard N. Ezeh Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Awka, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejmms.v6i2.1019

Keywords:

workplace violence, organisational citizenship behaviour, leader member exchange, autonomy

Abstract

The present study investigated the moderating role of autonomy in the relationship among organizational citizenship behaviours, leader member exchange and workplace violence. Two hundred and twenty (220) non-teaching staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka campus participated in the study. They comprised of 176 females and 44 males. Their age ranged from 22 to 53 years with their mean age of 33.1yearsand standard deviation of 5.7. Four instruments were adopted in the study, namely 12-item workplace violence scale developed by Wang (2002), 20-item organizational citizenship behavior scale developed by Spector, Fox, Goh, Brussema & Kessler (2012), 11-item leader member exchange scale developed by Graen and Taylor (2004). Correlational design was employed for the study. Pearson product moment correlation statistics and multiple regression were also employed as the statistical tool to test the 4 hypotheses generated. The results of the hypotheses tested showed that organizational citizenship behavior positively and significantly correlated with workplace violence (r=.88, P<.001), leader member exchange positively and significantly correlated with workplace (r=.82, P<.001), autonomy significantly moderated the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and leader member exchange on workplace violence β(.-67, t= -5.15, p<.01)). Autonomy moderated the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and leader member exchange β(-2.34; t= -5.57, p<.01). It was recommended that workers should be encouraged to imbibe citizenship behaviours in their workplaces.

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Author Biographies

  • Stephen E. Iloke, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Awka, Nigeria
    Iloke, Stephen Ebuka holds a masters degree in industrial and organisational psychology from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Nigeria and is currently undergoing his doctorate degree in same field.
  • Tochukwu M. Oguegbe, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Awka, Nigeria
    Dr. Tochukwu Matthew Oguegbe is an industrial and organisational psychologist and a senior lecturer with the department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra State, Nigeria.
  • Leonard N. Ezeh, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, Awka, Nigeria
    Dr. Leonard Nnaemeka Ezeh is an associate professor and an industrial/ organisational psychologist with department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra State, Nigeria.

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2021-03-13

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021)

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