The mediating role of organizational commitment and corporate social responsibility in the relationship between leadership style and job performance: An empirical study

Md Abu Issa Gazi¹, Abdullah Al Masud², Adeeb Alhebri³, Mohammad Bin Amin⁴, Md Tariqul Islam⁵, Md Mahedi Hasan⁶, Abdul Rahman Bin S Senathirajah⁷, Judit Oláh⁸

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¹ Faculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai, Nilai, 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; School of Management, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, 332005, China. Electronic address: dr.issa@jju.edu.cn.
² Department of Management Studies, University of Barishal, Barishal, 8254, Bangladesh. Electronic address: aamasud@bu.ac.bd.
³ Accounting Program, Applied College at Muhyle, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Doctoral School of Management and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi street 138, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary; Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Studies, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur, 5310, Nilphamari, Bangladesh; Department of Business Studies, State University of Bangladesh, 696 Kendua, Kanchan, Rupganj, Narayanganj, 1461, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Electronic address: binamindu@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Management Studies, FBA, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, Bangladesh.
⁶ Department of Management Studies, University of Barishal, Barishal, 8254, Bangladesh.
⁷ Faculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai, Nilai, 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; Faculty of Management, Shinawatra University, Thailand; Wekerle Business School, Budapest, Hungary.
⁸ Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi street 138, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary; Doctoral School of Management and Business Administration, John von Neumann University, 6000, Kecskemét, Hungary; Department of Trade and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic.

PMID: 41066857
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105656

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The mediating role of organizational commitment and corporate social responsibility in the relationship between leadership style and job performance: An empirical study

Md Abu Issa Gazi et al. Acta Psychol (Amst). 2025.

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. 2025 Oct 8:260:105656.

doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105656. Online ahead of print.

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Md Abu Issa Gazi¹, Abdullah Al Masud², Adeeb Alhebri³, Mohammad Bin Amin⁴, Md Tariqul Islam⁵, Md Mahedi Hasan⁶, Abdul Rahman Bin S Senathirajah⁷, Judit Oláh⁸

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai, Nilai, 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; School of Management, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, 332005, China. Electronic address: dr.issa@jju.edu.cn.
² Department of Management Studies, University of Barishal, Barishal, 8254, Bangladesh. Electronic address: aamasud@bu.ac.bd.
³ Accounting Program, Applied College at Muhyle, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Doctoral School of Management and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi street 138, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary; Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Studies, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur, 5310, Nilphamari, Bangladesh; Department of Business Studies, State University of Bangladesh, 696 Kendua, Kanchan, Rupganj, Narayanganj, 1461, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Electronic address: binamindu@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Management Studies, FBA, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, Bangladesh.
⁶ Department of Management Studies, University of Barishal, Barishal, 8254, Bangladesh.
⁷ Faculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai, Nilai, 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; Faculty of Management, Shinawatra University, Thailand; Wekerle Business School, Budapest, Hungary.
⁸ Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi street 138, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary; Doctoral School of Management and Business Administration, John von Neumann University, 6000, Kecskemét, Hungary; Department of Trade and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic.

PMID: 41066857
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105656

Abstract

Purpose: This research focuses on a thorough analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational commitment (OC) in firms. This article also aims to evaluate the combined mediating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational commitment (OC) in the relationship between job performance (JP), transactional leadership (TSL), and transformational leadership (TFL) within the context of Bangladesh.

Design/methodology/approach: Using a purposive sampling technique, a total of 428 full-time employees from CSR-active firms in Bangladesh participated in an online survey. Data were analyzed through AMOS for SEM and the PROCESS macro for mediation testing.

Findings: This study's findings show that the combination of transformational leadership (TFL) and transactional leadership (TSL) favorably affects organizational commitment (OC), corporate social responsibility (CSR), and job performance (JP). The main finding of the study is that organizational commitment (OC) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are partially mediated in the Bangladeshi contexts.

Originality/value: This study's originality is rooted in its comprehensive study of organizational commitment (OC) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) within Bangladeshi organizations, alongside the mediating function of CSR in the relationship between transformational leadership (TSL) and job performance (JP), grounded in Full-Range Leadership Theory (FRTL) and social exchange theory in the Bangladeshi context.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Job performance (JP); Organizational commitment (OC); Sustainable growth; Transactional leadership (TSL); Transformational leadership (TFL).

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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