The effects of the leadership styles of the masters on the organizational commitment of the apprentices in traditional Turkish-Islamic decoration arts

The aim of the thesis is to contribute to the literature by investigating the effects of the leadership styles of the masters on the organizational commitment of the apprentices in traditional Turkish-Islamic decoration arts. The universe is the branches of training centers in the traditional Turkish and Islamic decoration arts (Islamic calligraphy, bookbinding, tile art, miniature art, Turkish marbling art, paper cutting art, illumination art and architectural ornament art) in Istanbul. The sample consists of 281 participants in the Turkish-Islamic decoration arts in Istanbul. As for the data collection technique, random sampling technique is preferred. Regression analysis and ANOVA analysis are performed by SPSS software. According to the results of the regrssion analysis, it is seen that democratic, autocratic and laissez-faire leadership styles have significant effects on organizational commitment. Another result is that democratic, autocratic and laissez-faire leadership styles have significant effect on the continuance and normative commitment of apprentices. According to the results of ANOVA analysis, there is significant difference in autocratic leadership levels in terms of gender variable. There is significant difference in the normative commitmentand continuance commitment regarding to age groups.