Abstract

Leadership is the foundation of organizational commitment and has been recognized in researches to promote organizational commitment employee job satisfaction and improved individual productivity which in turn lead to organizational success By using appropriate leadership style leaders can influence their employees organizational commitment positively Aim To explore and describe nurse managers leadership styles and its effect on nurses organizational commitment at Taif governmental hospitals in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Subjects and methods A cross sectional descriptive survey study was conducted in two selected hospitals King Abdul Aziz and King Faisal hospitals Leadership Styles and Organization Commitment Questionnaires were used and distributed to 570 nurses Results The present study s findings revealed that most leaders in the two selected hospitals use both transformational and transactional leadership styles from nurses perspectives The great majority of studied nurses had commitment to their organization whereas only small percentage of them didn t have commitment to their organization in the two selected hospitals Conclusion Transformational leadership style was rated higher than transactional leadership style in both hospitals and there were statistically significant positive correlations between the perceived leadership styles and organizational commitment Recommendations Designing and implementing a comprehensive training program to managers and leaders to encourage behaviors such as trust creation encouragement of creativity and induction of a common vision Such managers can play a key role in the development of organizational commitment of their employees