Servant Leadership and Affective Organizational Commitment among Malaysian Police Officers

Desa, Nasina Mat and Asaari, Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan (2019) Servant Leadership and Affective Organizational Commitment among Malaysian Police Officers. The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences. ISSN 2357-1330

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between servant leadership and affective organizational commitment. The independent variable, servant leadership, is formed by agape love, empowerment, humility, altruism, visionary and trust while the dependent variable is affective organizational commitment. A total of 168 questionnaires were obtained from the police officers, working in a few Royal Malaysian Police Division, which yielded a response rate of 42%. The results revealed that five variables of the servant leadership which is agape love, empowerment, altruism, trust, and visionary are significantly related to the organizational affective organizational commitment. Theoretically, this paper contributes to the literature on servant leadership and organizational commitment. Practically, top management of Police Department of Malaysia should consider trainings and courses on leadership, value, and charisma that boost leadership and affective organisational commitment of their employees. In conclusion, this paper reveals the importance of agape love, empowerment, altruism, trust, and visionary as factors of servant leadership in affecting organizational commitment of police

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: ICMR 2019 8th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD58.7-58.95 Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture
Divisions: Pusat Pengajian Pendidikan Jarak Jauh (School of Distance Education) > Article
Zoom Profil Pakar (Expert Profile) > Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (Distance Education)
Zoom Profil Pakar (Expert Profile) > Nasina Mat Desa (School of Distance Education)
Depositing User: Administrator Automasi
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2020 09:06
Last Modified: 04 Feb 2020 09:06
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/46080

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