THE INVISIBLE EFFECTS OF SELF-COMPASSION ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR THROUGH WORK-LIFE QUALITY AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSPARENCY: THE CASE OF RUBBER INDUSTRY

Abstract The current study conducts on 406 employees who are working in rubber companies in Vietnam. The novelty of study shows the invisible effects of self-compassion is a catalyst to moderate impacts of work-life quality (WLQ) and perceived organizational transparency (POT) on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). As a result, if the company wants self-compassion of employees does not negatively affect to negative performance, it needs to take care of employee’s self-compassion (COM) as more as possible, because COM strengthen an association between WLQ and OCB as well as between POT and OCB. Additionally, employees' OCB improves when organizational transparency is taken seriously. Also, POT not only mediates the relationship between transformational leadership (TLE) and OCB, but also between TLE and WLQ.