Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Business Management, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran

2 Department of Management, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

3 Department of Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad-Iran

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate relationship between leadership style of Consultative, leadership style of Participative and organizational citizenship behavior. Statistical population of this research is employees of Ahromsazeh Company in Mashhad city which 103 samples were selected randomly. In order to analyze data, we used Lisrel software. The results showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between leadership style of Consultative, leadership style of Participative and organizational citizenship behavior.

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