Abstract
Although the education sector has been a fast-growing sector in Pakistan, it has been facing
various challenges including the lack of effective leadership styles and teachers’ organizational commitment.
The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the impact of Principals’ transformational leadership
style on teachers’ organizational commitment at higher education level in Karachi, Pakistan. Multifactor
Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ Form 5X) developed by Bass and Avolio and Organizational Commitment
Survey (OCS) developed by Meyer and Allen were used as research instruments to collect the data for the
study. The survey method and stratified random sampling technique were used to collect the data from n=310
college teachers from public sector colleges and the data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling
technique using Smart PLS. The Results of the study revealed that Principals’ transformational leadership
style has a positive and significant impact on teachers’ organizational commitment. It is recommended for the
Principals of colleges that they demonstrate transformational leadership behaviors to enhance the organizational commitment among teachers for the betterment of the organization.
Shabroz, Martin Thomas, Shams Hamid. (2019) Impact of Transformational Leadership Style on Organizational Commitment: A Quantitative Study at Higher Education Level in Karachi, Pakistan, Journal of Education & Social Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 1.
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