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- ItemInfluence of integrity and moral intelligence on authentic leadership and organisational citizenship behaviour(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03) Matsimbe, Cleopatra Meisie Refeloe; Engelbrecht, Amos Schreuder; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Industrial Psychology.ENGLISH SUMMARY : Over the past decade organisations continue to be confronted with negative employee behaviours. Consequently, researchers and managers of organisations have taken an interest in understanding the factors that contribute to the emergence of positive organisational behaviours like Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB). Thus, the positive impact of OCB on employees, leaders and organisations inspired the emergence of this study. This study was thus, conducted to gain insight on the determinants of OCB as well as other factors that contribute to these positive employee behaviours. The aim of this study was to investigate the constructs that play a significant role in the emergence of employee OCB in organisations. These constructs include integrity, moral intelligence and authentic leadership. A theoretical model depicting the manner in which the various constructs relate to each other was developed, and hypotheses were formulated and tested. Data for this study was collected from a sample of military personnel (n = 287). Respondents completed four paper-and-pencil questionnaires, which included the Ethical Integrity Test (EIT), Moral Competency Inventory (MCI), Authentic Leadership Inventory (ALI) and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale (OCBS). The proposed hypotheses and conceptual model were empirically tested using various statistical methods. The methods included item and reliability analysis, which was conducted on all the measurement scales and satisfactory reliability, was confirmed. The content and structure of the measured constructs were investigated by means of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and the results indicated that a good fit was achieved for all the refined measurement models. Thereafter, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to determine the extent to which the structural model fitted the data obtained from the sample and to test the hypothesised relationships between the constructs. The results indicated the existence of a significant positive relationship between integrity and moral intelligence, authentic leadership and OCB, as well as moral intelligence and authentic leadership. However, no support was found for a direct positive relationship between Integrity and authentic leadership as well as integrity and OCB. This study contributed to existing literature on OCB, by providing invaluable insight into the relationships between integrity, moral intelligence, authentic leadership and OCB. Moreover, the current study identified managerial implications that may be considered to enhance the development of employee OCB’s in organisations. Furthermore, this study made conclusions based on the research that was conducted and results obtained. Finally, recommendations for future research were suggested.