Transformational Leadership and Its Relation to Organizational Commitment among Employees in Public Institutions: a Case Study of Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The study seeks to identify the degree of practicing the transformational leadership at Shaqra University from the view of its employees, the degree of organizational commitment among the employees, and also the relationship between practicing transformational leadership and organizational commitment among the employees to detect the differences in both of transformational leadership and organizational commitment among the employees relative to sex, educational qualification or experience. A stratified random sample (N = 231) of employees of Shaqra University was interviewed. The empirical evidence shows that the degree of practicing the transformational leadership from the view of its employees as well as the degree of organizational commitment among the employees is found to be high. The evidence also indicates that there is a statistically significant relationship between practicing transformational leadership and organizational commitment among the employees. However, no statistically significant differences in both of transformational leadership and organizational commitment among the employees were detected. This result is due to the heterogeneous related to socio-demographic characteristics like sex, educational qualification, or experience years. In light of the foregoing outcomes, some recommendations are formulated.