What is the Watchman Thinking about- Stay or Go? Examining Leadership Style and Organisational Commitment as Precursors of Turnover Intention of Private Security Employees

Authors

  • Emmanuel Yaw Ampofo

  • Margaret Momo Laryea

Keywords:

transformational leadership, transactional leadership, organizational commitment, turnover intention, ghana

Abstract

This study examined the effect of leadership style (transformational and transactional) on turnover intention of employees in Westec Security Systems Ghana Limited. The study was quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical in nature. Structured questionnaires was used for the data collection. Two hundred and fifty eight (258) questionnaires were returned by respondents out of 265 administered. The findings indicated a significant negative relationship between affective commitment and turnover intention (#x3B2;= -.226, plt;.001), continuance commitment and turnover intention (#x3B2;= -.148, p lt; .01), and normative commitment and turnover intention (#x3B2;= -.121, p lt; .001).

How to Cite

Emmanuel Yaw Ampofo, & Margaret Momo Laryea. (2016). What is the Watchman Thinking about- Stay or Go? Examining Leadership Style and Organisational Commitment as Precursors of Turnover Intention of Private Security Employees. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 16(A3), 21–30. Retrieved from https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/1973

What is the Watchman Thinking about- Stay or Go? Examining Leadership Style and Organisational Commitment as Precursors of Turnover Intention of Private Security Employees

Published

2016-03-15