Influence of leadership during covid-19 environment on employee motivation and organizational citizenship behavior in public universities of Pakistan

Abstract

The COVID-19 epidemic has harmed staff performance and productivity in general. Organizational Citizenship Behavior is defined as an interpretation of employee performance that is necessary to contribute more to the operations and success of the business. As a result, understanding the variables influencing employees' organizational citizenship behaviour is critical to increasing organizational performance and achieving organizational goals. This paper is aim to investigate the relationship between dimensions of transformational leadership (TransL) and OCB in public universities of Pakistan. This study also aims to identify the mediating role of employee motivation between the relationship of TransL and OCB. According to this literature review paper, TransL qualities are linked to corporate citizenship behaviour, and this link is mediated by employee motivation. Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, on the other hand, have a direct beneficial relationship on organizational citizenship behaviour. This research in the second stage will be performed empirically, so that both theoretical and practical consequences can be presented, to give a complete framework for better understanding of the elements that influence workers' OCB.