Effects of Transformational Leadership on Burnout of College Teachers: The mediating role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and teachers’ burnout and the role of organizational citizenship behavior(OCB). A total of 509 participants were surveyed from universities in East China through the online questionnaire. The multiple regression analysis was used to examine the possible relationships, and it was found that transformational leadership factors of idealized influence, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation were significantly negative related to teachers’ burnout, and were significantly positive related to organizational citizenship behavior. It was also confirmed the mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior between transformational leadership and employee burnout with the analysis of the four-step mediator variable test method.