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 [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)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.

Item Type: Final Year Project Report
Additional Information: Project Report (B.Sc.) -- Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2019
Uncontrolled Keywords: Transformational leadership style, Transactional leadership style, Laissez-faire, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, undergraduate, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak leadership style, and organizational commitment.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development
Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development
Depositing User: Unai
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2020 07:42
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2023 03:54
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31331

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