Change-Centered, Employee-Centered and Product-Centered Leadership Behaviours and Organizational Commitment

Abstract

This study is aimed at examining the relationship between leadership behaviours (change-centered, employee-centered and product-centered) and organizational commitment among academic staff; to determine the frequency level of leadership behavior of deans; and the level of agreement of organizational commitment among academics. A total of 240 academics from three faculties in one public higher institution in Selangor, Malaysia were selected to participate in this study. The results show that only two components of organizational commitment (normative and affective) are significantly related to all three leadership behaviour components. Findings also indicate that the highest frequency of leadership behavior which is change-centered and the highest level of agreement on organizational commitment is affective commitment.