The Relationship between Transformational Leadership, Teachers’ organizational commitment, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: An Integrated Investigation Using Meta-analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

Abstract

This study utilizes Meta-analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the relationships between transformational leadership, teachers’ organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The findings indicate that transformational leadership significantly enhances both teachers’ organizational commitment and their OCB. Specifically, the effect size of transformational leadership on organizational commitment is 0.582, and on OCB is 0.454. Additionally, teachers’ organizational commitment has a positive effect on OCB, with an effect size of 0.488. Path analysis further reveals that teachers’ organizational commitment plays a crucial mediating role between transformational leadership and OCB, with an indirect effect of 0.262 and a total effect of 0.500. These results suggest that transformational leadership not only directly improves teachers’ proactive behaviors but also indirectly promotes their OCB by increasing organizational commitment. This study provides significant empirical support and theoretical foundation for leadership practices in educational management.