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The Relationship between Servant Leadership and Organizational Commitment: The Malaysian Perspectives

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  • Aznarahayu Ramli
  • Nasina Mat Desa

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This paper examines the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ organizational commitment in a Malaysian situation and adding trust in leader as the mediator. The first objective of the study is to explore the relationship between servant leadership and organizational commitment of working adults in Malaysia. Second objective is to determine whether trust in leader mediate the relationship between servant leadership and organizational commitment among these working adults. There are 200 set of questionnaires were randomly distributed to the employees working with various organizations throughout Malaysia. Out of them, 143 were usable yielded a response rate of 71.5%. Data collected were analysed through correlational analysis and multiple regression analysis using SPSS version 20. The result of the study revealed that servant leadership has significant relationship with employees’ organizational commitment. In addition, trusts in leader do mediate the relationship between servant leadership and organizational commitment among working adults in Malaysia. This research therefore, highlighted the importance of having the right leadership in fostering employees’ positive job behaviour. The limitation and direction for future research also discussed.

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  • Aznarahayu Ramli & Nasina Mat Desa, 2014. "The Relationship between Servant Leadership and Organizational Commitment: The Malaysian Perspectives," International Journal of Management and Sustainability, Conscientia Beam, vol. 3(2), pages 111-123.
    • Handle: RePEc:pkp:ijomas:v:3:y:2014:i:2:p:111-123:id:948
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    1. Keisuke Kokubun, 2017. "The Moderating Effect of Gender on the Organizational Commitment-Rewards Relationship," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(7), pages 1-1, June.
    2. Osama Khassawneh & Hamzah Elrehail, 2022. "The Effect of Participative Leadership Style on Employees’ Performance: The Contingent Role of Institutional Theory," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Howladar Mohammad Harisur Rahman & Rahman Md Sahidur, 2021. "The Influence of Servant Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: the Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 16(1), pages 70-83, June.

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