Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between school principals transformational and transactional leadership styles and teachers organizational commitment. A total of 237 primary school teachers employed in Ankara participated in the study. The "Multi-Factor Leadership Questionnaire" developed by Bass and Avolio (1995) and "Organizational Commitment Questionnaire" developed by Allen and Meyer (1990) were used to gather data. Results indicated that school principals were more likely to perform transformational leadership style than transactional leadership styles. Teachers commitment scores were the highest in continuance commitment. There were significant relationships between transformational and transactional leadership styles of principals and organizational commitment of teachers. Results also showed that motivation by inspiration and individualized consideration predicted affective commitment significantly. While contingent reward dimension of leadership styles was the only significant predictor of teacher continuance commitment, management by exceptions (passive) and laissez-faire significantly predicted normative commitment.

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