I Perform Well Because of My Admirable Supervisor: Exploring the Relationship between Admiration, Self-efficacy, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Abstract

Based on social learning theory, we proposed that employees’ admiration for their supervisors can inspire their organizational citizenship behavior. Data were collected from 447 employees. The results showed that admiration had a positive effect on employees’ organizational citizenship behavior, and the relationship was partially mediated by employees’ self-efficacy. The theoretical contributions and empirical implications of this study were then discussed.