An Investigation of the Relationship between Managers' Effective Leadership Behaviors and Employees' Organizational Commitment Levels

Ahmet Yildirim,Yeliz Çelikten,Erkaya Yirik,Mustafa Çelikten

doi:10.13189/ujm.2020.080408

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https://doi.org/10.13189/ujm.2020.080408

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The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between institution managers' effective leadership behaviors and institution employees' organizational commitment based on the perceptions of employees working in public institutions. The population of the study comprises of institution employees working in public institutions in the province of Amasya in Turkey in 2020. The sample of study consists of 132 institution employees working in public institutions in Tasova district and selected using random sampling method. While independent T test was applied to gender, age, marital status, education level and duration of service in the profession variables, One-way ANOVA test was used for the working duration with the last manager as a variable. LSD test was used to determine differences among groups. The findings of the present study suggest that public institution managers display highly effective leadership behaviors. On the other hand, institution employees' organizational commitment levels are above the average. In terms of the perceptions of employees working in public institutions, a positive correlation was found between institution managers' effective leadership behaviors and institution employees' organizational commitment levels. While there was a significant difference in demographic features such as gender, marital status, level of education, working duration of service in the profession and working duration with the last manager, there were no significant differences in terms of age.

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As the technological changes have gained momentum in recent years, it is becoming more and more difficult for the organizations operating in a constantly competitive environment to be able to sustain their current positions
The necessity of effective leadership approaches has emerged for today's organizations to be able to be successful and sustain their existence
Research data was collected from 132 people who are working in public institutions and organizations in Taşova, Amasya, Turkey in 2020

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As the technological changes have gained momentum in recent years, it is becoming more and more difficult for the organizations operating in a constantly competitive environment to be able to sustain their current positions. Their existence largely depends on their capacity to preserve competitive superiority. Employees’ adopting the goals of the organization, their being willing in their efforts to fulfill the activities they will carry out in the direction of these goals and sustainability in their desire for these efforts, that is, organizational commitment of employees has great importance for the organizations In line with this process, the need for leaders who will make employees a part of the organization and guide them in the direction of organizational goals is increasing. The necessity of effective leadership approaches has emerged for today's organizations to be able to be successful and sustain their existence

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