Leadership styles and organizational culture effect on organizational commitment: Application in a company in the communication sector

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between leadership styles, organizational culture and organizational commitment in the context of communication sector. More specifically, the study explores the impact of transformational, interactive and liberalist leadership behaviors on organizational commitment from organizational culture and leadership styles. In order to form the theoretical framework of the study, the studies in the literature on leadership styles, organizational culture and organizational commitment concepts were evaluated. In this context, firstly, the subject of leadership has been discussed and the studies on the concept of transformational, interactive and liberal leadership have been examined. The theoretical framework of the research has been completed by considering various approaches related to organizational culture and organizational commitment concepts and theories within the framework of applied studies. The participants of the study are 209 employees who are producing advanced technology operation in the communication sector in a company serving the public in Turkey. With the measurement tool, how the employees see the culture in their organization, their leadership style and their commitment to the organization were investigated. The hypotheses developed for the purposes of the thesis were tested with differences and multiple linear regression analyzes. According to the findings, while the effect of organizational culture on organizational commitment was observed, it was determined that transformative and interactional leadership, which is one of the leadership styles, had some effect on organizational commitment while liberalism leadership had no effect. Keywords: Organizational Culture, Organizational Commitment, Transformative Leadership, Interactive Leadership and Libertarian Leadership