Abstract
This study aims to investigate the association between substitutes for leadership and organizational citizenship behavior of 534 public health officers in subdistrict health promoting hospitals under the inspection of Region 10, the Ministry of Public Health. The sample group was randomly chosen using stratified sampling. Data were collected by using questionnaires. Statistical analysis was performed using the computer program of Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression. Results revealed that public health officers had moderate organizational citizenship behavior. Substitutes for leadership had a low positive association with the organizational citizenship behavior of public health officers (r = 0.266, p-value ≤ 0.05). Substitutes for leadership could explain 11.90% (Adjusted R2 = 0.119) of the variance in organizational citizenship behavior. To achieve effective substitutes for leadership of public health officers at subdistrict health promoting hospitals, the creation of a self-development manual is suggested for public health officers to develop the leadership and train public health officers at every level, introduce the mentoring system and promote on the job training approach.
