Participative Leadership Style and Employee Commitment in Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau: Moderating role of Organizational Culture

Abstract

The role of employee in the day to day activities of organizations cannot be overemphasised. Employee commitment as a continuous problem existing in the organization is complex, dynamic and requires employers to continually discover ways of improving and sustaining it in the workplace. The study examined effect of Participative Leadership Style and Employee
Commitment in Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau: Moderating role of Organizational Culture. The study adopted quantitative research design and data were collected by using instruments adapted from past studies. The college has a staff strength of 520 employees consisting of both academic and non-academic staff. The research utilized Partial Least Square
Structural Equation Modelling PLS-SEM through Smartpls 3.1 software. The findings of the structural model showed that participative leadership and organizational culture have significant effects on employee commitment. The result further revealed that organizational culture did not moderate the relationship between participative leadership and employee commitment. The study recommended that management of organizations should encourage participative leadership style to improve employee commitment and organizations should create an atmosphere or culture where employee commitment is encouraged.