A study on transformational leadership towards affective commitment: a case in financial division, ministry of education, Malaysia / Siti Norbanu Ghazali

The purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between Transformational Leadership Toward Affective Commitment of Employees at Financial Division, Ministry of Education, Malaysia. This study wants to discover the elements of transformational leadership towards the affective commitment that should be applied by the government to give the best services to people. The study adapted and combined the four elements from previous studies namely idealized influences, inspirational motivations, individualized considerations and intellectual stimulation as a strategy to identify the measurement of affective commitment given by the staffs in the government sector toward the public itself. The questionnaires were distributed at Financial Division, Ministry of Education, Malaysia. Analysis of 80 responses out of 187 respondents revealed that there is significant relationship between transformational leadership toward affective commitment of employees at Financial Division, Ministry of Education, Malaysia. It is recommended that the Financial Division, ministry of Education, Malaysia and other ministry to keep providing the employees satisfaction according to the leadership style apply in the organization. Based on concept accepted, the employees itself will perform well and give the best services towards their leader. However, there are some limitations that have been identified underlying in this research such as the respondents itself and the research only focus on affective commitment of the staffs in the organization based on the transformational leadership elements. From the research limitations described, it is proposed that future research to be carried out in order to cover the research area more thoroughly.