Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Dissertation - NSU Access Only
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Advisor
Fawzy Ebrahim
Committee Member
Nydia Cummings
Committee Member
Ronald P. Kern
Keywords
Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Styles
Abstract
This applied dissertation was designed to investigate the impact of leadership styles on leadership outcome variables (extra effort, leadership effectiveness, and satisfaction with leadership) and organizational commitment among faculty members in a public university in Malaysia. The study utilized the Organizational Commitment Questionnaires developed by Mowday, Steers, and Porter (1979) and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaires Form 5X Short developed by Bass and Avolio (2004). The population of this study consisted of 78 full-time faculty members from the Faculty of Management and Economics.
The study found that the most exhibited leadership behavior was transformational leadership, followed by transactional and laissez-faire leadership. The study also found that the faculty members had moderate to high level of organizational commitment. Results from multiple regression analysis revealed that both transformational and active transactional leadership were making a significant unique contribution in the prediction of leadership outcomes and organizational commitment. The study concluded that leaders need to exhibit both transformational and active transactional leadership to influence leadership outcomes and organizational commitment among subordinates.
NSUWorks Citation
Rusliza Yahaya. 2012. Leadership Styles and Organizational Commitment at a Public University in Malaysia. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. (960)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/960.