Religion & Communication

Investigating the impact of cultural leadership on deviant behaviors in the workplace and organizational citizenship behavior through incivility in the workplace

Document Type : Scientific-Research Article

Authors

1 PhD management,Instructor, Department of Management, University of Applied Sciences of Artistic culture of Drijeno Center, Farrukhshahr, Iran

2 Bachelor's degree student, Cultural Management, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Drizhno Cultural and Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Facuty Islamic Governance Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran

4 MSc. Assistant Cultural Managementof of Facuty Islamic Governance Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the impact of cultural leadership on deviant behaviors in the workplace and organizational citizenship behavior through incivility in the workplace. The current research was applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive in terms of correlational data collection. The statistical population of this research was made up of all the employees of Isfahan Islamic Azad University (Khorasgan) in the number of 660 people, of which 445 people were selected as a sample through the proportional stratified sampling method through the Cochran sampling formula. measure its validity and reliability, three types of instrument validity were used: content validity, convergent validity, and divergent validity, and to determine the reliability of the questionnaire, two criteria, Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability coefficient, were used. After analyzing the data, it was found that the Cultural leadership has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior, which coefficient is 0.66, and cultural leadership has a negative and significant effect on deviant behaviors in the workplace, which coefficient is -0.66. The results of the bootstrap test showed that leadership Culture indirectly has a significant effect on deviant behaviors in the workplace and organizational citizenship behavior through incivility in the workplace. Based on the findings of the research, cultural leadership can predict deviant behaviors in the workplace and organizational citizenship behavior, and incivility  in the workplace plays an important role in increasing deviant behaviors in the workplace and reducing organizational citizenship behavior.
 

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Religion & Communication
Volume 32, Issue 2 - Serial Number 68
religion and communication
January 2026
Pages 727-748