The impact of leadership on organizational commitment
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description: This study examines the impact of transactional and transformational leadership on organizational commitment as well as the mediating role of organizational justice. In today's workplace, increasing the perception of fairness amongst employees has numerous organizational benefits. What constitutes effective leadership has been widely debated. Contemporary research on employee perceptions of leadership style has revealed that these perceptions have a large impact on organizational outcomes. Leaders can positively influence such perceptions within organizations and thereby benefit organizational performance. For instance, greater organizational commitment, higher job satisfaction can result from application of appropriate leadership behaviours. To refine the scope of this study, transactional and transformational leadership are examined in relationship to perceptions of organizational justice. This study focuses especially on aspects of transformational leadership and its impact on organizational culture and behaviour within organizations in Syria. Few such studies have been undertaken so far in the Middle East and much can be learnt from extending organizational studies to non-western societies. Information was collected from 502 employees who worked in six organizations in Syria. Transactional and transformational leadership were singled out for analysis in order to assess their impact on organizational outcomes in relation to their subordinates. Two measures of organizational outcomes were selected for this study, namely job satisfaction and organizational commitment. One of the main goals of this research is developing testable hypotheses around research questions, and developing an empirically testable model linking transactional and transformational leadership through the possible mediating influences of organizational justice to individual attitudes and behaviours, specifically job satisfaction and organizational commitment. In the course of the research, four …
abstract: This study examines the impact of transactional and transformational leadership on organizational commitment as well as the mediating role of organizational justice. In today's workplace, increasing the perception of fairness amongst employees has numerous organizational benefits. What constitutes effective leadership has been widely debated. Contemporary research on employee perceptions of leadership style has revealed that these perceptions have a large impact on organizational outcomes. Leaders can positively influence such perceptions within organizations and thereby benefit organizational performance. For instance, greater organizational commitment, higher job satisfaction can result from application of appropriate leadership behaviours. To refine the scope of this study, transactional and transformational leadership are examined in relationship to perceptions of organizational justice. This study focuses especially on aspects of transformational leadership and its impact on organizational culture and behaviour within organizations in Syria. Few such studies have been undertaken so far in the Middle East and much can be learnt from extending organizational studies to non-western societies. Information was collected from 502 employees who worked in six organizations in Syria. Transactional and transformational leadership were singled out for analysis in order to assess their impact on organizational outcomes in relation to their subordinates. Two measures of organizational outcomes were selected for this study, namely job satisfaction and organizational commitment. One of the main goals of this research is developing testable hypotheses around research questions, and developing an empirically testable model linking transactional and transformational leadership through the possible mediating influences of organizational justice to individual attitudes and behaviours, specifically job satisfaction and organizational commitment. In the course of the research, four …
author: Alamir, Iyad
keywords: 650 Management & auxiliary services
date published: 2012
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:54:41Z
provider: London Metropolitan University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: London Metropolitan University