Transformational leadership and organisational commitment with mediating effect of work motivation in higher educational institutions

Abstract

As higher education in India is facing challenges in quality delivery, financing, mushrooming of low quality education institutions, it is the need of the hour to investigate whether leadership can turn around the situation. This survey after intensive literature review has proposed a model to study the relation of transformational leadership with organisational commitment and mediating effect of work motivation. The survey was conducted in Haridwar and Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India. Descriptive research design has been used in the study. In the survey data supports the hypothesised model. The survey indicated that the institutions with transformational leaders can enhance the organisational commitment with mediating effect of work motivation amongst the employees and literature supports that employees with organisational commitment will improve the performance of organisation, which is the need of the hour.