A critical assessment of transformational leadership and organisational commitment in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in the U Diversity of the Western Cape
| dc.contributor.author | Ketchiwou Gaelle | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-13T17:33:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-13T17:33:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Leadership has been proven to be important in every sector and setting. Investigations on leadership in recent years identify transformational leadership style as one of the most prominent leadership style to bring about change. This research seeks to answer two main questions: Is transformational leadership linked to the different dimensions of commitment in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences; and which leadership style is the most appropriate in enhancing organisational commitment in employees of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences? Research has shown that there is an increasing instability of employees in the workplace, which is attributed to the fact that employees' interests are not met. This results in a lack of organisational commitment of employees. This is blamed on the leadership style adopted by leaders in these organisations. This study therefore assesses transformational leadership and organisational commitment in the EMS, UWC. The research uses a quantitative method to collect and analyse data. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and the Three-Component Model (TCM) employee commitment survey were administered to employees of the Faculty of EMS who were selected using a stratified random sampling method. Results show that transformational leadership significantly influences employees' organisational commitment. From the evidence gathered, the research concluded that transformational leadership is distinguished as the most appropriate leadership style for EMS. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/20708 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | |
| dc.subject | Organisational commitment | |
| dc.subject | Affective commitment | |
| dc.subject | Normative commitment | |
| dc.subject | Continuance commitment | |
| dc.subject | Leadership | |
| dc.title | A critical assessment of transformational leadership and organisational commitment in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in the U Diversity of the Western Cape | |
| dc.type | Thesis |