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| Abstract : Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun |
| Leadership Style and Organizational Commitment at a Public University in Malaysia. Rusliza Yahaya,
2012: Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler School of Education.
ERIC Descriptors: Leadership, Transfonnational Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership
Styles
This applied dissertation was designed to investigate the impact of leadership styles on leadership
outcome variables (extra effort, leadership effectiveness, and satisfaction with leadership) and
organizational commitment among faculty members in a public university in Malaysia. The study
utilized the Organizational Commitment Questionnaires developed by Mowday, Steers, and Porter
(1979) and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaires Form 5X Short developed by Bass and Avolio
(2004). The population of this study consisted of 78 full-time faculty members from the Faculty of
Management and Economics.
The study found that the most exhibited leadership behavior was transformational leadership,
followed by transactional and laissez-faire leadership. The study also found
that the faculty members had moderate to high level of organizational commitment.
Results from multiple regression analysis revealed that both transformational and active
transactional leadership were making a significant unique contribution in the prediction of
leadership outcomes and organizational commitment. The study concluded that leaders need to exhibit
both transformational and active transactional leadership to influence leadership outcomes and
organizational commitment among subordinates.
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