Mediating effect of psychological ownership on the relationship of servant leadership and organizational citizenship: a conceptual model

Abstract

This is a conceptual study that proposes examining a mediated model of organizationalcitizenship behavior (OCB) among employees of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Plc. ThePHCN Plc is a sole producer and distributor of electricity in Nigeria and plays a vital role in supporting thesocio-economic development of Nigeria. If performance of OCB is enhanced among employees of this utilityorganization, effective functioning of the organization and ultimate realization of its goals and objectives willalso be enhanced. Extensive review of relevant literature was done for better understanding of the currentdevelopment of research involving OCB, servant leadership and psychological ownership that constitute themodel of this study. Cross sectional and survey study will be employed as methods for data collection. Onestage cluster sampling technique will be employed to obtain representative response from a sample of 322lower and middle level employees of Kano PHCN Distribution Company. A combination of both descriptiveand inferential statistics will be employed to test the hypothesized model. Structural equation modeling (SEM)will be used in the analysis because of its analytical power of testing several relationships simultaneously andreducing measurement error.