The relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment: mediating role of empowerment

Gholamreza Shahbazi¹ Habib Mollabahrami²

1) M.A. in Business Administration
2) M.A. Student in Business Administration

Publication : 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development Techniques in Management and Industrial Engineering with a Perpetual Challenge(bmbeconf.com)
Abstract :
This study investigates the impact of transformational leadership on empowerment and employees organizational commitment; in addition, it aims to investigate the effect of empowerment on the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational leadership. Data was gathered by a questionnaire given to 189 clerks of Bank Melli Iran using cluster sampling. SPSS and Amos software, One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, and Spearman Rank Correlation Test, were the instruments used in order to examine this relationship; this study is based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. The results of Spearman rank correlation test and standard estimates of structural equation model revealed transformational leadership has a positive and meaningful impact on both empowerment and organizational commitment; the results also indicated that empowerment has a positive and meaningful relationship with organizational commitment and affects it. The main result of this study is that empowerment affects the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment.
Keywords : Transformational Leadership Empowerment Organizational Commitment