| dc.description.abstract | Gender as moderator of relationships between trust in leadership, job performance, and organizational citizenship behavior:
A meta-analysis and literature review.
Abstract
Gender issue has changed with time, and gradually launched attention from the public. However, according to expectations of society, women have long been portrayed as taking more family responsibilities or being better at establishing relationships. In many cases, when it comes to high-level positions in the organization, women are not supposed to act in key positions. Under the influence of stereotypes, employees may unconsciously shape awareness of gender inequality in the workplace, confining women’s job performance, or even influence their motivation of exploring potential. Because of male-dominated workplaces, women may reduce the possibility of fighting for opportunities. Nevertheless, nowadays, the level of women’s education achieve is universal access. Objectively, it should not be too much difference between the abilities of men and women. Therefore, the role of leaders, who come to aid of building self-confidence, become important in the organization.
As a result, the study was aim to explore the correlation between transformational leadership, trust in leadership, job performance, and organizational citizenship behavior, when the gender is supposed to be a moderator. By searching specific keywords, the study applied 117 research papers to discover the relationship of transformational leadership and three outcomes through meta-analysis. Also, the study explored how the gender, which was supposed to be a moderator, influenced the extension of independent variable and dependent variable’s relationship. The results showed that:
(1)Transformational leadership was positively related to trust in leadership, job performance, and organizational citizenship behavior.
(2)As the gender is supposed to be a moderator, transformational leadership was positively related to trust in leadership, job performance, and organizational citizenship behavior.
(3)Transformational leader influenced the extension of female subordinates’ trust in leadership higher than male subordinates; transformational leader influenced the extension of male subordinates’ job performance and organizational citizenship behavior higher than female subordinates.
Keywords: transformational leadership, trust in leadership, job performance,organizational citizenship behavior, gender, meta-analysis. | en_US |