Elucidating the Relationships among Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Commitment Foci and Commitment Bases in the Public Sector

• Author: Yuhsin Chien,Chen-Chieh Chang,Feng-Hua Yang,Melien Wu
• DOI: 10.1177/009102601104000306
• Date: 01 September 2011
• Published date: 01 September 2011
• Subject Matter: Article

Elucidating the

Relationships among

Transformational

Leadership, Job

Satisfaction,

Commitment Foci and

Commitment Bases in

the Public Sector

By Feng-Hua Yang, PhD, Melien Wu, PhD, Chen-Chieh Chang

and Yuhsin Chien

This pap er examines the relationship s among transfo rmational lea dership, job

satisf action, commi tment foci and co mmitment base s in the public se ctor, using

public s ector’s milit ary officers as an example. A tot al of 300 militar y officers

partic ipated in this st udy. Participants in this conveni ence sampling r eturned 208

valid qu estionnaire s, representi ng a 69.3% respon se rate. Result s show that the

higher t he subordinat e’s transform ational leade rship percept ion of a supervis or,

the high er the identifi cation and inte rnalization towards the supe rvisor will be ; the

higher t he subordinat e’s job satisfa ction, the high er the identifi cation and

intern alization tow ards the organi zation will be; transformati onal leadersh ip’s

foreca sting ability i s greater than th at of job satisf action with reg ards to the

commit ment to supervi sors; job satis faction’s for ecasting abil ity is greater t han

that of tr ansformatio nal leadershi p with regards to the organizati onal commitme nt.

Implic ations and dire ctions for futu re research are subsequently provided.

Keyword s: Tra nsformation al leadership , job satisfact ion, foci and ba ses of

employ ee commitment

1. Introduction

Organizational commit ment has attracted considerable attention from academics and

practitioners for decades. Many researchers note that organizational commit ment may

be an explanato ry variable in several or ganizational outcom es including o rganization-

al effectiveness, tur nover intentions, productivity, absenteeism and job perfor mance.1

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