Organizational commitment--A missing link between leadership behavior and organizational performance?

Johannes Steyrer, Michael Schiffinger and Reinhart Lang

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2008, vol. 24, issue 4, 364-374

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of executive leadership behaviors on the organizational commitment (OC) of subordinate managers and the influence of the latter on measures of company performance. Based on pertinent research and the main leadership dimensions identified in the GLOBE project, we formulate hypotheses concerning the relationship between perceived leadership behaviors and subordinates' OC, as well as the assumption that this organizational commitment is beneficial to performance ratings on a corporate level. Data stem from a sample of 78 companies from the Germanic cultural area. Our results suggest that desirable leadership behavior is positively related to subordinates' OC, and that OC contributes to company performance, even when analyzed in conjunction with crucial contextual variables.

Keywords: GLOBE; Leadership; Charisma; Organizational; commitment; Organizational; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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