Visionary leadership, organizational trust, organizational pride, and organizational citizenship behaviour: a sequential mediation model

This paper investigates the relationship between visionary leadership (VL) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in Lebanon. We particularly examined how this relationship is mediated by organizational trust (OGT) and organizational pride (OP). Data were collected from 144 Lebanese workers who completed measures of VL, OCB, OGT, and OP. Data were analysed using sequential mediation analysis. Significant relationships were found between VL and OCB, while we identified a sequential mediation of OGT and OP between VL and OCB. Thus, organizations wishing to foster OCB need to develop a clear business vision, strengthen trust, and develop practical measures of pride to ensure a high level of OCB that in turn positively impacts organizational outcomes. Through the lens of the social exchange theory (SET), this research makes an original contribution towards the role of VL in supporting OCB through developing trust and pride at the organizational level. We also provide insightful organizational recommendations related to the results.