The Influence of Transformational Leadership on Prosocial Behaviors: A Case Study in Kayseri
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In today's business world where changes have risen to a decisive position and dominated by innovation-centered competition, voice behavior and employee creativity have become some of the essential requirements for organizational sustainability and success. Voice behaviors, which is defined as free expression of thoughts, and individual creativity are particularly important variables in today's business world. In this study, transformational leadership and trust in the leader, which is thought to have an impact on voice and creativity variables, were taken into consideration. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of transformational leader behaviors on voice behavior and creativity where trust in leader has mediating role. For this purpose, data were collected through face-to-face interviews with 394 full-time employees working in manufacturing companies in Kayseri. With parallel to the established hypotheses, we have found that transformational leadership has a positive effect on voice behaviors and creativity of employees. In addition, trust in leader has a partial mediator role on those relationships.
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