The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Promoting Organizational Citizenship Behavior through Organizational Commitment as an intermediary variable: Application on Yemeni hospitals,Ibb City

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the direct and indirect relationship between ethical leadership and organizational citizenship behavior through organizational commitment as mediating variable in hospitals that are located in Yemen، Ibb city. To achieve these objectives، the study conducted a survey (questionnaire) for a sample of 341 employees working in the hospitals. The findings showed that the exercise of ethical leadership in the hospitals has a significant direct relationship with the development of organizational citizenship behavior. The results also revealed that the organizational commitment in the hospitals create an indirect significant relationship between the ethical leadership and the development of organizational citizenship behavior in the mentioned hospitals.