The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety in the Relationship Between Paradoxical Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Sürücü Lütfi (), Bekmezci Mustafa () and Dilek Hakan ()
Additional contact information
Sürücü Lütfi: Department of Business Administration, Altınbaş Cyprus University, Nicosia, Mersin 10, Turkey
Bekmezci Mustafa: Department of Defense Management, Turkish Military Academy, National Defense University, Ankara, Turkey
Dilek Hakan: Department of Business, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal, 2025, vol. 19, issue 1, 16

Abstract: Leadership theories have been discussed in two different ways: the “light side” and the “dark side” of leadership. However, instead of exhibiting one of the two opposite behaviors, leaders can exhibit both of these behaviors at the same time. Although this is a paradoxical approach, paradoxes are inherent in the world and organizations. Paradoxical leadership (PL) requires using two opposing behaviors simultaneously to address both organizational structure and individual needs in an organization. While PL is known to influence employees’ proactive behaviors, its impact on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has not yet been explored. This study examines the relationship between PL and OCB, focusing on the mediating role of psychological safety (PS) in this dynamic. Data were gathered from a sample of 302 employees in the manufacturing industry, selected using a convenience sampling method. The analysis revealed that PL positively affects OCB, and PS plays a mediating role in this relationship.

Keywords: paradoxical leadership; psychological safety; organizational citizenship behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M12 M19 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1515/econ-2025-0175 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bpj:econoa:v:19:y:2025:i:1:p:16:n:1005

DOI: 10.1515/econ-2025-0175

Access Statistics for this article

Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal is currently edited by Katharine Rockett

More articles in Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal from De Gruyter
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Peter Golla ().