another portential mediator of the impact of transformational leader behaviors on extra-role performance in addition to trust,is employee satisfaction. organ (1988a,1988b,in press)has reviewed empirical research which demonstrates that employee job satisfaction is an important determinant of extra-role behavior.moerover,virtually all models of transformational leadership postulate that transformational leaders enhance followers'work attitudes and satisfaction.thus,when organ's research on the antecedents of organizational citizanship (OCB)is combined with models of the effects of transformayional leadership, satisfaction emerges as a potential mediator of the impact of transformayional leader behavior on the extra-role performance of followers.