Investigating the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment

Taghi Akbari¹ Khadijeh Irani² Adel Zahed Babolan³

1) Iran, Ardabil,Mohaghegh Ardabili University,Assistant Professor of Educational Sciences.
2) Iran, Ardabil,Mohaghegh Ardabili University,Master student of educational
3) Iran, Ardabil,Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Professor of Educational Sciences.

IOI Code : XBGE-FCEDH
Publication : 11th International Conference on New Solutions in Engineering, Information Science and Technology of the Century ahead(icietconf.com)
Abstract :
    Background and purpose: Transformational leaders provide their followers with a vision of a future. Since such leaders are able to form a clear and needed vision, they are likely to be able to motivate employees to participate in that vision as well. Various studies in different organizations show that in order for employees to be more efficient and have a strong desire to stay in their jobs, they must also have job attachment and also have a high sense of commitment to perform their duties, which in itself makes them feel Accountability is a deep understanding of the job and self-sacrifice, and the type of leadership style is one of the important factors in increasing employee commitment in the organization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment. Methodology: In this study, articles were searched in electronic and international databases based on the keywords transformational leadership, organizational commitment, emotional commitment, normative commitment and continuous commitment, and out of 50 articles extracted, 30 valid articles were The day and related to the subject were selected and examined. In this research, all ethical issues have been observed. Results: After studying and evaluating the content of the articles, the effect of transformational leadership style on organizational commitment was investigated. Findings showed that applying transformational leadership style in the organization increases the organizational commitment of employees, which ultimately improves the productivity and performance of the organization. Conclusion: The present study showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between transformational leadership and its dimensions with organizational commitment and its components. Therefore, it is suggested that considering the characteristics of transformational leaders and the influence that subordinates receive from a prominent and kind personality, placing this dimension at the top of other dimensions in terms of influencing organizational variables such as employee commitment is significant.

Keywords : transformational leadership organizational commitment emotional commitment normative commitment and continuous commitment