Determining the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment: A research on public employees

In this study, the main purpose was to examine the organizational commitment levels of public employees and the sub-dimensions that emerged accordingly within the framework of transformational leadership. In the research, the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational relation was examined.. After the literature review, a questionnaire was applied to 294 public employees determined by the convenience sampling method in the provinces of Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay. In order to create the database of the research, "Personal Information Form", "Transformational Leadership Scale" and "Organizational Commitment Scale", which includes the demographic information of the participants, were applied. Istatistic program was used to analyze the data obtained in the research. Pearson correlation analysis was applied to examine the relationship between Transformational Leadership Scale and Organizational Commitment Scale and its sub-dimensions.Regression analysis was conducted to measure whether the transformational leadership scale has an effect on organizational commitment. In addition, t-test and one-way (ANOVA) were applied to analyze the differences between the leadership perceptions and organizational commitments of the participants according to gender, age, educational status and working time. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that transformational leadership has a significant positive effect on organizational commitment. Keywords: Organizational commitment, transformational leadership, public employees.