Ηθική ηγεσία και οργανωσιακή δέσμευση εργαζομένων στον Δημόσιο Τομέα

Abstract

The Public Sector is an idiosyncratic sector, which in Greece presents significant pathogens and problems, while its employees have been established as employees with serious incentives and remuneration of efficiency in the wider workplace. Also, due to the peculiarity of the Public Sector where the exercise of leadership is characterized by a strong degree of centralism, the Public Service Administration does not have a high degree of flexibility and initiative. As a result of this situation, it is recommended that significant problems arise in the operation and efficiency of the organizations, in which it is not possible to easily apply change and reshape the set goals. Also, although there is great stability among employees in public services, research has shown that it is not related to the degree of job satisfaction they experience, while employees are considered necessary for the development and efficiency of organizations, which are then called to serve. the public interests of the citizens and to best meet their needs. For this reason, job satisfaction and the way of exercising power in the Public Sector, need to become fields of research, in order to further investigate the degree of organizational commitment shown by civil servants. Organizational commitment, which is a key factor for the efficiency of employees and then organizations, has been shown by research to be directly related to job satisfaction and leadership exercised in organizations. For this reason, the present work aims to investigate the organizational commitment presented by employees in the Greek Public Sector and the way of exercising the leadership that exists and promotes this commitment. This survey is implemented through a quantitative survey, in which 218 employees in various Public Sector services participate. The survey participants received a questionnaire through Google Forms after being informed by the addresses of the services where they work, which through a five-point Likert scale evaluates the job commitment they experience and the way they exercise the leadership they think is exercised in the public services they work. Then, the data collected through the questionnaire, whose validity and reliability were checked with the Cronbach Alpha index and proved to be satisfactory, were uploaded to the SPSS accounting program from which statistical and numerical data were extracted. The results of the research that the way of exercising leadership in the Public Sector is directly related to the job satisfaction experienced by employees and consequently to the organizational commitment they show for the organization. Also, the results of the survey showed in the Greek Public Sector employees in services and organizations do not show significant organizational commitment, but this fact cannot be generalized because the participants were few and not included in the survey all the factors that exist and affect work. in the Public Sector.