The effects of leadership styles on perceived organizational support among ship agency employees

Shipping agencies are the authorized representatives of ship owners at ports. They are composed of firms which perform international container transportation. As a professional branch ship agency business requires intense work power and hard work. The increase in the global transportation sector, cause the current employees in the sector to experience busier working hours. In order to increase their efficiency and prevail their competitors shipping agencies consistently need to maintain qualified employees and increase their loyalty to an organization. In this study, variations for increasing perceived organizational support have been investigated. The demographic factors and leadership styles, that can affect perceived organizational support were determined as independent variables. The leadership styles scale and demographic variables impact on perceived organizational support have been investigated among shipping agency employees. In order to increase perceived organizational support among employees in the increasingly competitive environment, the leadership styles have been attempted to be determined. In this research personal identification form, perceived organizational support and leadership styles scale have been utilized. The questionnaire were sent to the shipping agencies with the Likert scale of five. The study implemented with 258 participants of the questionnaire. The study resulted in no apparent relationship between demographic variables and perceived organizational support however the sub-dimensions leadership styles demonstrated positive correlation with organizational support. The transformational leadership style has been found as the greatest influencer on perceived organizational support among the other sub-dimensions of leadership styles.