The effect of the leaders in the accommodation facility on the organizational commitment and quality of work life of the employees

The main purpose of the study is to examine the effects of leadership tendencies of employees in accommodation businesses on organizational commitment and quality of work life. For this purpose, the relationships between demographic variables and study subjects were also examined. In the first part of the study, a literature review was conducted on the concepts of animation, leadership, organizational commitment and work life quality. In the second part, the relationships between demographic characteristics, leadership tendencies, organizational commitment and quality of work life were investigated. The scope of the research consists of employees of 5-star hotels in Antalya - Belek hotels region. In the analysis of the data collected by the survey method; percentage, frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, simple correlation (Pearson's correlation coefficient), multiple linear regression analysis, t-test for unrelated samples from parametric tests, one-factor analysis of variance (One Way ANOVA) for unrelated samples and one-factor analysis of variance. Kruskal Wallis test, one of the non-parametric tests, was used. According to the results of the study, significant and positive relationships were found between all subscale scores of the scales between leadership tendencies, organizational commitment and quality of work life. While planning the studies to increase the organizational commitment and quality of work life of the employees, it is necessary to take in to account the variables of leadership tendencies. Keywords: Leadership, Organizational Commitment, Quality of Work Life