Final Article for Publishing Impact of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles on organizational Affective, Continuance and Normative Commitment: Empirical Evidence from the Private Sector Universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)

Final Article for Publishing

Abstract

Abstract

The paper explored the effect of leadership style on the organization commitment. The major objective was to check the role of transformational and transactional leadership styles on affective, normative and continue commitment among the private sector universities in Peshawar. The study used questionnaire method for testing the hypotheses derived on the basis of recommended statistical models.  The study used a sample of 240 faculty members from the population of the study. The findings of correlation model show that affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment are having positive relationship with the transformational and transactional leadership among the faculty members of private sector universities. The results of regression model show that the transactional and transformational leadership are having significant effects on the affective, normative and continuance commitment. The study is a novel contribution to the leadership and commitment domain of private sector universities. The leadership should motivate their followers by both intrinsic and extrinsic tools so that they keep to stays in the firm.