The influence of ethical leadership on the organizational commitment in fire organizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-156
Author(s):  
Mohammadkarim Bahadori ◽  
Matina Ghasemi ◽  
Edris Hasanpoor ◽  
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini ◽  
Khalil Alimohammadzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Fire Department ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
In Fire

Purpose It is necessary for organizations to have committed employees to perform properly and be able to survive in a competitive world. One of the key components of organizational commitment is implementation of ethical leadership. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational commitment in fire organizations of Tehran. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive-correlational study was carried out in 2019. The sample consisted of 200 randomly selected participants, active in executive and headquarters divisions of fire department in Tehran. To collect data, a questionnaire with three different parts: demographics, organizational commitment questionnaire and the ethical leadership scale, was used. Data analysis were performed by AMOS24 and SPSS software, and data are presented as descriptive statistics of frequency, percentages, mean ± standard deviation (SD) and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Findings Mean and SD for organizational commitment and ethical leadership were 3.44 ± 0.7 and 3.66 ± 0.62, respectively. Affective commitment had the highest average score among organizational commitment dimensions (3.63 ± 0.75). Among ethical leadership dimensions, ethical management showed the highest average (3.79 ± 0.70). Each component of organizational commitment, i.e. affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment, also showed a significant relationship with ethical leadership (p < 0.05). Model fit results revealed that independent variables could anticipate 87% of changes of dependent variables in organizational commitment. Originality/value The results show a significantly positive relationship between ethical leadership and organizational commitment among the firefighters. Therefore, by using ethical leadership method, i.e. being a role model, improving the relations between management and employees, establishing trust and mutual respect, managers of fire departments can increase firefighters’ organizational commitment, affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment and prevent them from quitting.

Internal and external networking behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 595-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelly Y. McCallum ◽  
Monica L. Forret ◽  
Hans-Georg Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Networking ◽  
Networking Behavior

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships of internal and external networking behaviors of managers and professionals with their affective, continuance, and normative commitment. Design/methodology/approach – Data were obtained from 335 managers and professionals of a health system who completed a survey on networking behavior and organizational commitment. Correlation analyses and multiple regressions were performed to test our hypotheses. Findings – The results showed that networking behavior focussed within an individual's organization was positively related with affective commitment and normative commitment. Networking with individuals outside of an individual's organization showed a significant negative relationship with normative commitment. Contrary to expectations, networking externally was not related to affective commitment, and neither internal nor external networking behaviors were related to continuance commitment. Research limitations/implications – Because data were collected at a single point in time, no statements can be made about causality. Future research is needed assessing both internal and external networking behavior and the three types of organizational commitment across time to help determine direction of causality or whether reciprocal relationships exist. Practical implications – Organizations that encourage internal networking behaviors may see individuals who are more connected with their colleagues and affectively committed to their organizations. However, encouraging external networking behavior may result in a drop in normative commitment as individuals might identify more with their profession than their employer. Originality/value – Although previous research has shown that networking behavior is related to job performance and career success measures, the research extends the literature by investigating whether networking is related to attitudinal variables such as organizational commitment. The paper explores whether differential relationships exist between internal and external networking behavior with three types of organizational commitment.

A Literature Review of the Three Elements of Organizational Commitment: The Meaning of the Contribution Score Average

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 679-689
Author(s):  
Albet Maydiantoro ◽  
Rias Tusianah ◽  
Usastiawaty C. A. S Isnainy ◽  
Tubagus Ali Rachman Puja Kesuma ◽  
M. Arifki Zainaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Common Interests ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Personal Interests

This is a meta-analysis study. The study aims to determine the highest average score and the impact of the three elements of Allen and Meyer’s organizational commitment: Affective Commitment (AC), Normative Commitment (NC), and Continuance Commitment (CC). The author employed Sturgess's interpretation to determine the average score by Very Low, Low, Low Enough, High Enough, High, and Very High. We got that the highest average score of the three components of organizational commitments is the affective commitment (0.704), followed by the normative commitment (0.681), and the last one is the continuance commitment (0.585). We draw the conclusion that a person, basically, wants to be useful to others. Then, she will be able to put aside individual interests for the sake of common interests so that she will dare to bind herself to agreements, rules, and norms for mutual survival (NC). 'As a result of wanting to be useful to others and having the courage to decide to stay together in the rules, she will dare to put aside his transactional self-interest which is centered on personal interests or gain (CC). The scoring average consecutively says that AC is the biggest among of all, NC is less than AC, and CC is the least, implies that a manager should be able to build and maintain the AC as the first priority, followed by the NC. If a manager has been able to build and maintain the AC and NC, she is able to build and maintain the CC automatically.

Job satisfaction and organizational commitment

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1663-1694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser Valaei ◽  
Sajad Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Fringe Benefits ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The aim of this study is to examine the structural relationship between Spector’s nine job satisfaction facets (supervision, nature of the work, communication, contingent rewards, co-worker, fringe benefits, payment, promotion and operating procedures), organizational commitment facets (normative commitment, affective commitment and continuance commitment) and the influence of employees’ years of experience on satisfaction and commitment relationships. Owing to the nature of the industry, employee satisfaction, retention and commitment in Information and Communications Technology-Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (ICT-SME) is a matter of great concern. Design/methodology/approach A total of 256 valid questionnaires were collected among employees of Information and Communications Technology-Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (ICT-SMEs) to evaluate the measurement and structural model using partial least squares path modelling approach. Findings The findings indicate that payment, promotion, fringe benefits, co-worker, communication, operating procedures and nature of the work are positively associated with affective commitment. Furthermore, payment, promotion, fringe benefits, supervision, contingent rewards, operating procedures and nature of the work have a positive relationship with normative commitment. Considering employees’ years of experience as a categorical moderating variable, the results of partial least squares multi-group analysis show how the discrepancies between employees’ years of experience influence their level of commitment. Originality/value This study reveals that employees’ affective and normative commitments are positively associated and their continuance commitment is contingent upon their affective commitment, and not normative commitment. There are only three factors, i.e. promotion, fringe benefits and operating procedures, that are conductive to employees’ continuance commitment. Contributions, implications and limitations of the study are discussed.

The relationship between ethical leadership and organizational commitment in banking sector of Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Nasser Abuzaid
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Organizations with committed employees create a sustainable high-performance and stable environment over the long term. Leadership should be a key component determining organizational commitment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and its association to employee commitment. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative method was chosen for this study because the objective was to correlate variables and predict a set of outcomes. Employees from 13 commercial banks listed in Amman Stock Exchange completed a survey designed to gather their perceptions of study variables. Findings The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between ethical leadership and two components of organizational commitment, namely, affective commitment and normative commitment. Additionally, the results show that there is no relationship between ethical leadership and continuous commitment. Research limitations/implications The study was conducted in the banking sector of Jordan. Therefore, the results may not generalize to other sectors. Additionally, this study might have self-selection and non-response bias. This occurs when the entities in the sample are given a choice to participate. If a set of members in the sample decides not to participate, it reduces the ability to generalize the results to the entire population. Practical implications Managers should strive to enhance the levels of both affective and normative commitment in their organizations and that the ethical leadership of managers plays a significant role in developing employees and ethical organizational cultures. Originality/value To date, there has been little empirical research regarding the relationship between ethical leadership and its influence on organizational commitment, and, as such, this study has been beneficial in its contribution to the early body of knowledge of ethical leaderships which provides confirmatory evidence about a significant effect that perceived ethical leadership has on organizational.

The link between perceptions of leader emotion regulation and followers’ organizational commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farrukh Moin
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Surface Acting ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Deep Acting ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between perceptions of leader emotion regulation strategies and followers’ organizational commitment. In particular, this study using social exchange theory as a framework examines the association between leader surface and deep acting and followers’ affective, normative and continuance organizational commitment. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 323 employees of five service sector organizations in Anhui province, China. Further, PLS-SEM technique was used to perform quantitative analysis. Findings The findings suggest that leader surface acting has a negative influence on followers’ affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment. In contrast, leader deep acting has a positive influence on followers’ affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment. Practical implications The findings suggest that leaders should be careful in managing their affective display. They may like to improve their followers’ affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment by using deep acting. In contrast, leader surface acting may weaken their followers’ affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment. Originality/value This study extends the social exchange theory in the context of emotional labor by examining the link between perceptions of leader surface and deep emotional strategies and followers’ affective, normative and continuance organizational commitment.

Psychological contract breach and teachers' organizational commitment: mediating roles of job embeddedness and leader-member exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Serwaa Amoah ◽  
Francis Annor ◽  
Maxwell Asumeng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Psychological Contract Breach ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Contract Breach ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Member Exchange

PurposeThe study examined the relationship between psychological contract breach and organizational commitment and whether leader-member exchange and job embeddedness mediate this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a quantitative approach and is based on a sample of 298 teachers in basic schools in Accra, Ghana. Participants completed surveys with standardized measures on psychological contract breach, job embeddedness, leader-member exchange and organizational commitment. Hypothesized relationships were tested using structural equation modeling in AMOS 21.0.FindingsPsychological contract breach had a direct negative relationship with affective and normative commitment but had no significant direct relationship with continuance commitment. Psychological contract breach was indirectly related to affective and normative commitment through both job embeddedness and leader-member exchange, and indirectly related to continuance commitment through only job embeddedness.Practical implicationsFindings from the study suggest that employers' failure to fulfill their obligations to employees has significant potential cost to the organization, and underscore the need for managers, particularly in educational institutions, to institute measures to eliminate or minimize the occurrence of psychological contract breach.Originality/valueThe study contributes to research examining antecedents of organizational commitment as well as the mechanisms linking psychological contract breach to organizational commitment in the educational context.

Leadership credibility and change success: mediating role of commitment to change

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noufou Ouedraogo ◽  
Michel Zaitouni ◽  
Mohammed Laid Ouakouak
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Commitment To Change ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Effect

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of leadership credibility on employees' behaviours and attitudes towards organisational change through the lens of employee commitment to change.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a quantitative study in which 239 participants from diverse organisations participated.FindingsUsing structural equation modelling techniques, the results reveal that leadership credibility has a positive effect on both affective and normative commitment to change but a negative effect on continuance commitment to change. The authors also report that change success is positively impacted by affective commitment to change and negatively impacted by continuance commitment to change but is not significantly affected by normative commitment to change.Research limitations/implicationsThus, the authors contribute to closing a knowledge gap in change management theory while making practical recommendations for leading people during times of organisational transition.Originality/valueThis study sheds light on the role of leadership credibility and employee commitment during organisational change.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT DAN TURNOVER INTENTION PADA PERAWAT

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Triatno Yudho Prabowo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Continuance Commitment

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara organizational commitment dengan turnover intention. Teori organizational commitment dikemukakan oleh Meyer dan Allen. Teori turnover intention dikemukakan oleh Tett dan Meyer. Organizational commitment merupakan usaha mendefinisikan dan melibatkan diri dalam organsasi dan tidak ada keinginan meninggalkannya. Turnover intention dapat dipahami sebagai niat secara sadar dan disengaja untuk meninggalkan organisasi. Penelitian ini melibatkan 64 responden. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan negatif antara dimensi organizational commitment (continuance commitment, normative commitment, affective commitment) dengan turnover intention meliputi : continuance commitment dengan turnover intention (r = -0,362), normative commitment dengan turnover intention (r = -0,714), dan affective commitment dengan turnover intention (r = - 0,720).

Employee isolation and telecommuter organizational commitment

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 609-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Wang ◽  
Leslie Albert ◽  
Qin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Physical Separation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Physical Isolation ◽  
Meaningful Connections

PurposeIn light of the increasing popularity of telecommuting, this study investigates how telecommuters' organizational commitment may be linked to psychological and physical isolation. Psychological isolation refers to feelings of emotional unfulfillment when one lacks meaningful connections, support, and interactions with others, while physical isolation refers to physical separation from others.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was used to collect data from 446 employees who telecommute one or more days per week.FindingsThe results of this study indicate that telecommuters' affective commitment is negatively associated with psychological isolation, whereas their continuance commitment is positively correlated with both psychological and physical isolation. These findings imply that telecommuters may remain with their employers due to perceived benefits, a desire to conserve resources such as time and emotional energy, or weakened marketability, rather than emotional connections to their colleagues or organizations.Practical implicationsOrganizations wishing to retain and maximize the contributions of telecommuters should pursue measures that address collocated employees' negative assumptions toward telecommuters, preserve the benefits of remote work, and cultivate telecommuters' emotional connections (affective commitment) and felt obligation (normative commitment) to their organizations.Originality/valueThrough the creative integration of the need-to-belong and relational cohesion theories, this study contributes to the telecommuting and organizational commitment literature by investigating the dynamics between both psychological and physical isolation and telecommuters' organizational commitment.

The role of abusive supervision and organizational commitment on employees' information security policy noncompliance intention

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1383-1405
Author(s):  
Bowen Guan ◽  
Carol Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between abusive supervision and employees' information security policy (ISP) noncompliance intention, building on affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment. The study also examines the moderating effect of perceived certainty and severity of sanctions on the relationship between the three dimensions of organizational commitment and ISP noncompliance intention.Design/methodology/approachSurvey methodology was used for data collection through a well-designed online questionnaire. Data was analyzed using the structural equation model with Amos v. 22.0 software.FindingsThis study demonstrates that abusive supervision has a significant, negative impact on affective, normative and continuance commitment, and the three dimensions of organizational commitment are negatively associated with employees' ISP noncompliance intention. Results also indicate that the moderating effect of perceived severity of sanctions is significant, and perceived certainty of sanctions plays a positive moderating role in the relationship between affective commitment and employees' ISP noncompliance intention.Practical implicationsFindings of this research are beneficial for organizational management in the relationships between supervisors and employees. These results provide significant evidence that avoiding abusive supervision is important in controlling employees' ISP noncompliance behavior.Originality/valueThis research fills an important gap in examining employees' ISP noncompliance intentions from the perspective of abusive supervision and the impact of affective, normative and continuance commitment on ISP noncompliance. The study is also of great value for information systems research to examine the moderating role of perceived certainty and severity of sanctions.

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