Effects of the Leadership Styles on the Organisational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Intention to Leave: A Research on Turkish Prisons and Detention Houses

Authors

  • Ceren Güven Güres Gazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Ankara, Türkiye
  • Alptekin Sökmen Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Ankara, Türkiye

Keywords:

Participatory leadership, directive leadership, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, intention to leave, prison and detention centers

Abstract

This research was conducted to express the relationship between the leadership styles on the organizational commitment, job satisfaction, intention to leave of the first and second grade managers, admin officers, chief prison officers and prison officers who work in different types of prison and detention centers in Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir, Antalya, Trabzon, İzmir and Antalya. To ensure the validity and reliability of the scales, surveys were conducted to 50 people from Erzurum closed prison and detention center. Results obtained from Erzurum were also subjected to verifiable tests. After the final approval of Ministry of Justice, all surveys have been conducted to 3.026 participants between 12.05.2014 – 30.08. 2014. As a result of the research, it has been proved that the participants leadership perceptions have shown differences on job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave as per their individual characteristics vary. It was also approved that the participants leadership perceptions have affects on their job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave. It was found that there is a meaningful relation between the organizational commitment and the job satisfaction of the participantslike as the relation between the organizational commitment and their intention to leave.

Published

2021-06-13

How to Cite

Güven Güres, C., & Sökmen, A. (2021). Effects of the Leadership Styles on the Organisational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Intention to Leave: A Research on Turkish Prisons and Detention Houses. Journal of Business Research - Turk, 7(3), 59–74. Retrieved from https://isarder.org/index.php/isarder/article/view/249

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