Do Teachers' and Firefighters' Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Authentic Leadership Have a Relationship?

This study explores the relationship between leaders’ authentic leadership and the dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among firefighters and teachers. A total of 289 participants were recruited from the fields of firefighting and education using a snowball sampling technique. Participants completed three surveys: a demographic questionnaire, the Organizational Citizenship Behavior Checklist (OCB-C), and the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ). Demographic variables include age, gender, tenure, education, marital status, occupation, and ethnicity. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to analyze the data. The results revealed that self-awareness significantly predicts OCB in both dimensions: interpersonal and organizational. Furthermore, occupation emerged as a significant predictor in OCB organization dimension. These findings highlight the importance of self-awareness in leaders for fostering organizational citizenship behavior among employees in distinct professional environments.