Leadership styles and organizational citizenship behavior of divisional secretariats in Colombo district, Sri Lanka Dr. Gamage Prasadini N.*, Ms. Tharangaherath** *Department of Human Resource Management, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka **Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Wildlife Resources Conservation, Sri Lanka Online published on 9 October, 2014. Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between Transformational, Autocratic and Laissez-faire leadership styles of Divisional secretaries in Colombo Districtand employees’ Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCB). The study consists of two core concepts: leadership behaviors and OCB. The sample population for the study was drawn from 280 employees working for divisional secretaries in Colombo District. A self-administered questionnaire was developed by combining two instruments. Two hundred and eighty participants completed multifactor leadership (MLQ) and OCB questionnaires. The statistical results of the study revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between Transformational leadership style and OCB. Other two variables namely Aautocraticstyle and Laissez-faire leadership style are negatively correlated with OCB. These results emphasized that only transformational leadership style play a highly significant role on OCB and other two styles are negatively associated with OCB. These findings are consistent with the previous research studies. Top Keywords Transformational leadership style, Autocraticleadership style and Laissez-faire leadershipstyle, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. Top |