An Empirical Study on Effect of Transformational Leadership On Organizational Commitment In The Banking Sector Of Pakistan

Transformational leadership is very popular research topic so many researcheshave been done on its every perspective.The objectiveof this paper is to investigate the impact of transformational leadership style a leader exhibits on his subordinate that effects the organizational commitment of his employees in the banking industry of Pakistan.This research was carried out by measuring the data gathered from the five point Likertscale.The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) is used to measure transformational leadership and employee's commitment was measured through affective commitment questionnaire of Allen and Meyer (1996).Quantitative survey method was applied and a sample of 100 employees from the banking industry of Pakistan.Random sampling technique is used to answer the instrument of the study.SPSS software was used to analyze the data collected based on descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, percentage, T-test, and Pearson Correlation Coeffiecient).The findings indicate that the leaders of bankingindustry of Pakistan follow transformational leadership style.The result indicates that the relationship between transformational leadership style and organizational commitment is positive and significant.