THE EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT WITH THE MODERATING EFFECT OF ALLOCENTRISM: AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL VALUES

Year 2013, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 436 - 447, 01.06.2013

Seçil Bal Taştan Emre İşçi

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of transformational leadership style perceptions of the employees on their organizational commitment level and to evaluate the moderating role of allocentrism on this relationship. It was concluded that employees’ perceptions of transformational leadership, organizational commitment and allocentrism significant and positive relationships between each other. Transformational leadership with its four dimensions had significant and positive moderate relationship with organizational commitment while perceived allocentrism had significant and weak positive relationship with OC. Finally, it was revealed that moderating role of allocentrism on the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment was confirmed

Keywords

Transformational Leadership, Organizational Commitment, Allocentrism, Cultural Values

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