Explaining the Relationship between Lean Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior with Respect to the Mediator Variable of Organizational Commitment

The purpose of the present research is to present a comparative model based on explaining the relationship between lean leadership and organizational citizenship behavior with regard to the mediator variable of organizational commitment. The type of research is descriptive-correlation. The method of data collection is a combination of library and field studies and the main tool of data collection is a questionnaire The research findings, while confirming the proposed model, showed that there is a direct relationship between lean leadership and components: the development of others, perseverance in lean thinking, aligning goals with vision with organizational citizenship behavior in public universities and Azad universities of Fars province. There is a direct relationship between commitment to self-development and creating a vision, determining effective and promoting organizational values with organizational citizenship behavior in the public universities of Fars province. There is no relationship between commitment to self-development, determining effective and promoting organizational values, and creating a vision with organizational citizenship behavior in the Azad universities of Fars province. There is a direct relationship between lean leadership and organizational commitment in the public universities of Fars province. There is a direct relationship between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior in the public universities and Azad universities of Fars province. There is no relationship between lean leadership and organizational citizenship behavior with regard to the mediating role of organizational commitment in the Azad universities of Fars province. There is no relationship between lean leadership and organizational commitment in the Azad universities of Fars province.