Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of leadership style on affective commitment to change, moderates by the organisational culture.The research adopts both qualitative and quantitative approaches through survey with 371 employees of public organisations in Yemen, as well as interviews...

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Main Authors: Gelaidan, Hamid Mahmood, Ahmad, Hartini
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/4218/1/paper_135.pdf
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description The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of leadership style on affective commitment to change, moderates by the organisational culture.The research adopts both qualitative and quantitative approaches through survey with 371 employees of public organisations in Yemen, as well as interviews with the managers. The findings showed transformational leadership was positively related to the employee’s affective commitment to change; similar to the transactional leadership was positively related to the affective commitment to change. The results showed organisational culture had positively moderate the relationship between the leadership styles and employee affective commitment to change. Finally, the findings revealed the transactional leadership was a strong predictor to affective commitment to change compared with the transformational leadership.
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spelling uum-42182016-04-24T02:14:28Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/4218/ Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector Gelaidan, Hamid Mahmood Ahmad, Hartini HD28 Management. Industrial Management The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of leadership style on affective commitment to change, moderates by the organisational culture.The research adopts both qualitative and quantitative approaches through survey with 371 employees of public organisations in Yemen, as well as interviews with the managers. The findings showed transformational leadership was positively related to the employee’s affective commitment to change; similar to the transactional leadership was positively related to the affective commitment to change. The results showed organisational culture had positively moderate the relationship between the leadership styles and employee affective commitment to change. Finally, the findings revealed the transactional leadership was a strong predictor to affective commitment to change compared with the transformational leadership. 2011-06 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/4218/1/paper_135.pdf Gelaidan, Hamid Mahmood and Ahmad, Hartini (2011) Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector. In: 16th International Business Information Management Association Conference, 29-30 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.ibima.org/MY2011/
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title Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector
title_full Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector
title_fullStr Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector
title_full_unstemmed Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector
title_short Employee affective commitment to change, leadership styles and organisational culture: A case of Yemen public sector
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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