A research on the relation between the types of modern leadership and organizational commitment

The aim of this work is to make a research on the relation between the types of leadership and organizational commitment in hotel managements in tourism sector.The analysis of organizational commitment is very important so that the hotel management could go on their service. Especially in developing countries, the frequency of the atmosphere of crisis can cause that the workers leave the work. Even in such negative situations, administrators shoul organize the activities that provide the organizational commitment. In this sense, the characteristics of leadership get a big importance for organizations.The research was put into practice as field survey. Fort his aim, the middle level of a administrators and workers, who have been working at the coastline areas of Aegean and Mediterranean, were dealed 500 questionnaries, and 447 questionnaries which backed were counted in the research. Analyzing data, correlation coefficient were taken into account. The results were tested at the level, p<0,05.As a result of research, while studing on the relations between transactional leadership types and the emotional commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment; high rate relations had been found among emotional commitment and contingent reward; continuance commitment and management-by-exceptance (active); normative commitment and management-by-exceptance (pasive).While studing on relationship between the types of transformational leadership and emotional commitment; high rate relations had been found among emotional commitment and charisma, normative relation and individual consideration. The high rate relation with Laissez faire leadership and organizational commitment had been found with normative commitment. Because of the fact that in Turkey, the Works which are made on hotel administrators? modern leadership types will provide the workers to present more qualitative and effective service, the researches on this field should be increased and supported.