Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 9

Does Psychological Empowerment Mediates the Relationship between Leader-Member Exchange and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour among Nurses?

  • Author:
  • Junaidah Yusof1, Siti Aisyah Panatik2,, Azizah Rajab3, Norakmar Nordin4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 1818 to 1823

1Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Quest International University, 30250, Ipoh, Perak

2Associate Professor, Language Academy

3Associate Professor, Language Academy

4Lecturer, School of Human Resource Development and Psychology, FSSH, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

*Corresponding Author Siti Aisyah Panatik, Associate Professor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia, e-mail: saisyah@utm.my

Online published on 13 November, 2019.

Abstract

Despite great attention related to organisational citizenship behaviour in the literature, little is known about organisational citizenship behaviour among Malaysia public hospital nurses. Hence, this study aims to investigate the mediating effect of nurses’ psychological empowerment on the relationship between the leader-member exchange and organisational citizenship behaviour. This study was a quantitative study which used questionnaires to gather the data and 539 nurses had participated. The data was analysed using Structural Equation Modelling. The results found that psychological empowerment is a significant mediator between leader-member exchange and organisational citizenship behaviour. This study makes theoretical contributions by providing information concerning the Social Exchange Theory and its application to nursing practitioners.

Keywords

Organizational citizenship behaviour, nurse, psychological empowerment