LEADERSHIP STYLES AND EMPLOYEES COMMITMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF HIGHER EDUCATION. THE MEDIATING ROLE OF MOTIVATION

Muhammad Saqib Khan; Khalid Sultan; Muhammad Shahid Tufail

Muhammad Saqib Khan Department of Management Sciences, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak
Khalid Sultan Mass Communication Department, College of Applied Sciences, OMAN.
Muhammad Shahid Tufail Department of Business Administration, Government College University, Faisalabad

Keywords: Motivation, Leadership Styles, Employees’ Commitment & HEIs

Abstract

The leadership styles, employees’ commitment and motivation are considered as vital components for the success of each and every organization including the higher education institutions (HEIs). In this regard, the current study aims to explore the influence of transactional and transformational leadership styles on employees’ commitment working in HEIs. In the same line, the present study also explored the mediating role of motivation in the link between leadership styles and employees’ commitment. For this purpose, data was collected from academicians which was analyzed by using different statistical tools to find out the answers of research questions that were extracted from the theoretical framework of current study. The correlation analysis shows that all research variables are positively correlated with each other. The regression analysis shows significant impact of predicting variables on criterion variable. Similarly, mediation analysis (two mediation models) provide confirmations that motivation (mediator) partially mediate linkage between independent and dependent variables in both the mediation models. The conclusions were drawn in the light of the finding preceded by certain recommendations.