Journal of Resource Management and Decision Engineering In Press 2026 09 01 Explaining the Relationship between Organizational Humanitarianism and Employees’ Social Accountability: The Moderating Role of Employee Self-Leadership Explaining the Relationship between Organizational Humanitarianism and Employees’ Social Accountability: The Moderating Role of Employee Self-Leadership 1 10 EN Journal Article 2025 01 14 <p>This study seeks to demonstrate how employee self-leadership, as an individual facilitating factor, can moderate and strengthen the effect of organizational humanitarianism on social accountability within Iran Khodro Company. Therefore, the present study aimed to explain the relationship between organizational humanitarianism and employees’ social accountability, emphasizing the moderating role of employee self-leadership in Iran Khodro Company. The present research is descriptive–analytical in nature, applied in terms of purpose, and categorized as a survey study in terms of methodology. The statistical population included all employees of Iran Khodro Company, comprising 10,000 official employees. Among them, 269 individuals were selected through simple random sampling. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed, of which 190 valid questionnaires were returned. To conduct the study, a 51-item closed-ended questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale was distributed among employees, and the questionnaire measured the study variables. Content validity was confirmed through expert opinions, construct validity was assessed using confirmatory factor loading analysis, and reliability was verified through Cronbach’s alpha and composite reliability coefficients. After data collection and classification, the data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 and Smart PLS software. The findings indicated that among the variables examined in the present study, employee self-leadership obtained the highest mean score (3.94), whereas organizational humanitarianism obtained the lowest mean score (3.30). The results of structural equation modeling using PLS software demonstrated that organizational humanitarianism had a 55% effect on employees’ social accountability. Furthermore, employee self-leadership moderated the relationship between organizational humanitarianism and employees’ social accountability by 3%.</p> https://www.journalrmde.com/index.php/jrmde/article/download/337/301