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Transformational leadership, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction: A comparative study of Kenyan and U.S. financial firms
Author(s) -
Walumbwa Fred O.,
Orwa Bani,
Wang Peng,
Lawler John J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1135
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , organizational commitment , job satisfaction , psychology , affective events theory , kenya , social psychology , business administration , job performance , job attitude , business , political science , law
This study explores the nature of the relationship between transformational leadership and two work‐related attitudes, organizational commitment and job satisfaction, by comparing Kenya and the United States. The results show that transformational leadership has a strong and positive effect on organizational commitment and job satisfaction in both cultures. Simultaneous factor analyses in several populations (SIFASP), using AMOS maximum likelihood procedure, provides evidence of conceptual and measurement equivalence for all three measures (transformational leadership, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction) employed in this study.