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The purpose of this study was designing and testing a model of some personal (psychological capital, basic psychological needs), job related (job characteristics, job stress), and organizational variables (servant leadership, organizational ethical climate) as antecedents of organizational well-being. The statistical population of the present research included all employees of National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC). 384 employees were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. Instruments used in the present study were Personally Expressive Activities Questionnaire (PEAQ), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), Servant Leadership Survey (SLS), Organizational Ethical Climate Questionnaire (OECQ), Job Stress Questionnaire (JSQ), Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale (BPNWS), and Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Structural equation modeling (SEM) through AMOS-18 software package was used for data analysis. Results showed that the proposed model fit the data properly. Moreover, direct positive relationships of the psychological capital, basic psychological needs, job characteristics, servant leadership, organizational ethical climate with organizational well-being, and direct negative relationship of job stress with organizational well-being were confirmed. Bootstrap procedure for testing indirect effect revealed that organizational ethical climate mediated the relationship between servant leadership and organizational well-being.

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