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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.81, # 2, 2024, pp. 117-142

MATERIALS AND METHOD
Participants and Data Gathering
The study initially targeted to collect information or data from 20 Share Companies of the
Ethiopian FBI. Out of the 20 companies, we managed to get permission only from the top
management of 17 food and beverage share companies. Based on the information
provided by the HR of each company, a random sampling was applied to select
participating employees. The nature and purpose of the research were discussed with
employees. Employees were also requested their willingness to participate as respondent
and they were told that their answers would be kept private and have the opinion to end
their involvement whenever they wish. A total of 255 questionnaires, which were
translated into Amharic language, were distributed to the employees using personal visits,
email, and online survey. In total, 237 working and useable surveys were collected with
a valid response rate of 93%. The participants responded to the questionnaire on
responsible leadership, perception of CSR, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB).
The sample consisted of 130 males and 107 females, 144 were Bachelor degree holders,
49 were post graduates and the remaining 44 had other qualifications such as diploma.
The majority of the participants were between the age of 25-44, 182 (76.8 per cent) and
around 50 per cent of the respondents had been associated with their present company for
past ten years. In developing the questionnaire a pilot test was conducted with help of 20
participants working in the FBI. Based on the feedbacks and suggestions given by the
participants, improvement on the questionnaire had been made. Data were collected
between August, 2022 and July 2023.

Measurement of Variables
The study comprised three conceptual variables and employee demographics. Every
characteristic is measured using Likert-type scales, which have values between 1
and 5. Employee opinions on CSR and OCB were measured on a scale of 1 (strongly
disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). We employed a scale for responsible leadership that
went from 1 ("Not at All") to 5 ("Frequently, if not always").

Dependent Variable: Employee OCB.
24-item scale developed to measure employee OCB Alshihabat & Atan, (2020).
Sample of items are “I support those with demanding workloads,” “I am consistently
prepared to offer support to those in my vicinity,” “I strive to prevent causing issues
for my colleagues,” and “I am aware of how my actions influence others' work.” “I
propose ideas to enhance work processes.” The reliability of these items was found
to be 0.839 in this study.

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