Impact of Leadership Styles on Employees' Organizational Commitment in Lithuanian Manufacturing Companies

• Authors: Ilona Bučiūnienė , Vida Škudienė
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article investigates the relationship between employees' organizational commitment dimensions and leadership styles in Lithuanian manufacturing companies. The findings of the study reveal positive correlations between a transformational leadership style and affective and normative employee commitments. A laissez-faire leadership style was found to be negatively associated with employees' affective commitment.

Keywords

EN

Leadership styles; Organizational commitment; Manufacturing companies; Lithuania

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: South East European Journal of Economics and Business
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 57-66

Dates

published

2008-11-01

online

2008-12-22

Contributors

author

Ilona Bučiūnienė

• ISM University of Management and Economics, st. 18 Kaunas 44254 Lithuania

author

Vida Škudienė

• ISM University of Management and Economics, st. 18 Kaunas 44254 Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10033-008-0015-7