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 tr.....

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