IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/mth/jad888/v2y2016i2p33-47.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Leadership Style and Perceived Organisational Politics as Predictors of Organisational Commitment among Civil Servants in Osun State

Author

Listed:
  • A. K. Fashola
  • A. A. Akanni
  • C. O. Ajila

Abstract

This study examined the predictive roles of leadership styles and perceived organisational politics on organisational commitment among Civil Servant in Osun State. Primary data for the study were collected from a total of 248 Civil Servants in Osun state using the stratified random sampling technique. Three standardized Psychological Scales were used in the study. These were the Supervisors Behaviour Descriptive Questionnaire (SBDQ), Perception of Organisational Politics Scale (POPS) and Organisational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ). Data collected were subjected to inferential statistics such as Pearson Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. Results showed a significant positive relationship between leadership style and organisational commitment among Civil Servants in Osun State (r (246)=0.31, p 0.05}. It further showed a joint significant relationship among leadership style, perceived organisational politics and organisational commitment { F (2,245) = 16.21, p

Suggested Citation

  • A. K. Fashola & A. A. Akanni & C. O. Ajila, 2016. "Leadership Style and Perceived Organisational Politics as Predictors of Organisational Commitment among Civil Servants in Osun State," Journal of Asian Development, Macrothink Institute, vol. 2(2), pages 33-47, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:jad888:v:2:y:2016:i:2:p:33-47
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad/article/view/10042/8147
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad/article/view/10042
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:mth:jad888:v:2:y:2016:i:2:p:33-47. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Technical Support Office (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.