A Study of Employee’s Job Satisfaction: The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership Organizational Commitment and Work Performance in The Iraqi Public Sector

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 185 - 224, 30.03.2023

Saman Hamad Ameen , Ferit İzci

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between transformational leadership (TL), Organizational Commitment (OC) and work performance (WP), determine the impact of TL on both OC and WP, and determine the statistically significant differences for the impact of TL on OC and WP with the variables of (Length of service and Education Level). The authors s distributed 260 questionnaires to participants. 250 questionnaires were received and completed properly, and 10 questionnaires were missing, so the sample size of the study was 250 participants, including employees who work in the public sector in Erbil city from 10 November 2021 to 3 February 2022. The Findings were obtained by performing ANOVA and Chi-Square tests using SPSS -24. The findings of the study indicated that there was a strong relationship between TL, OC and WP, there was an impact of TL on both OC and WP.

Keywords

Transformational Leadership, Organizational Commitment, Work Performance, Public Sector.

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