Personality and Leadership Styles as Determinant of Employees’ Organizational Commitment of Selected Establishments in Asaba Capital Territory, Delta State.

Abstract

Organizations have often times suffered serious set-back because of the uncommitted attitude of their employees. In order to get the right type and level of commitment from employees, it is important to understand some of the major antecedents that contribute in making such employees committed to their work. The expost factor research design was used for this study. The population consisted of 200 employees of three establishments in Asaba capital territory who were respondents and were randomly selected. The main instrument for the study was a questionnaire. Multiple regression statistic was used to establish the joint effect of the independent variables while the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to establish the relative effect of concluded by eliciting those variables that significantly contribute to the prediction of organizational commitment. The paper also recommended among others that employees should be promoted as at when due, their salaries, allowances and other benefits should be paid on time in other to boost their commitment in the organization.