REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP STYLES AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG A SAMPLE OF NIGERIAN HEALTH PERSONNEL

¹Okonkwo Ejike A., ²Ikegbuna C., ³Chigbo Chinwe M., and ⁴Nwandu Ikechukwu B.

^1&2Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu,

³School of Postgraduate Studies, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu,

⁴Department of Public Administration, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

E-mail: aejyke@yahoo.com, chinwechigbo@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This study investigated perceived leadership styles as predictors of organizational commitment among 64 participants comprising 27 male and 37 female personnel with mean age of 42.23 and standard deviation of 2.74 drawn from University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, Park-lane Enugu using Multi-stage sampling technique. Eighteen (18)-item perceived leadership styles questionnaire was and 27-item questionnaire on organizational commitment were administered. A Cross-sectional survey design was used. Result from multiple regression analysis revealed that perceived leadership styles jointly predicted organizational commitment R² = .869, F (3, 63) = 132.65 at P <.01. Democratic style contributed significantly to the prediction of organizational commitment (beta = .502), while authoritarian (beta = .206) and laissez-faire (beta = .269) did not show any significant prediction.