Transformational leadership and R&D workers' multiple commitments: do justice and span of control matter?
Author
Gumusluoglu, L.
Karakitapoǧlu-Aygün, Z.
Hirst, G.
Date
2013Source Title
Journal of Business Research
Print ISSN
0148-2963
Volume
66
Issue
11
Pages
2269 - 2278
Language
English
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Abstract
This study examines how transformational leaders influence research and development (R&D) workers' commitment to their organizations and leaders. The study investigates the mediating role of organizational justice (i.e., procedural and interactional) based on social exchange theory and the moderating role of span of control in this relationship. In a sample of 445 Turkish R&D personnel, the study finds that transformational leadership significantly influences followers' organizational commitment partially through procedural justice and their supervisory commitment partially through interactional justice. Second, the findings reveal that transformational leaders boost perceptions of procedural justice and organizational commitment when the span of control is relatively narrow. Interestingly, when the span of control is large, transformational leadership has significant positive effects on supervisory commitment, but no significant effects on organizational commitment among R&D workers.
Keywords
Organizational commitmentOrganizational justice
Social exchange
Span of control
Supervisory commitment
Transformational leadership