The relationship between selected types of leadership styles and organizational commitment

Anthony Chiew Kee, Lin (2019) The relationship between selected types of leadership styles and organizational commitment. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Despite existing research on leadership styles and organizational commitment, empirical examination on leadership styles and organizational commitment in hotel industry, particularly in the Malaysian context. is still lacking. The main objective of this research is to identify the relationship between selected types of leadership styles and organizational commitment. This research also identified the dominant leadership style among factor of leadership styles. Selected types of leadership styles are transactional, transformational and laissez-faire leadership style. The research was conducted by using quantitative research design and questionnaires were distributed to 128 respondents from a private hotel in Sibu. Convenient sampling method was used to collect data. Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0 was used to run the reliability test which are Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficients and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. From the findings, it showed that transformational leadership style and laissez-faire leadership style have weak and positive significant relationship towards organizational commitment. Moreover, there was a moderate and positive significant correlation between transactional leadership and organizational commitment. Lastly, findings showed that transactional leadership style was dominant leadership style among the three selected leadership styles.

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