The influence of leadership styles on organizational commitment: a study of public university lecturers in Nigeria

Organisational commitments and teaching styles among academics in mainland China

“…that on job satisfaction, that on organisational commitment and that on intellectual styles) in higher education settings have communicated the same message -the success of an institution, including the enhancement of adaptive organisational commitments, is highly contingent upon effective leaders who have the required skills in unleashing the potentials of the employees (e.g. Meek, 2013;Mohammed et al, 2012).…”

“…Research based on Meyer and his colleagues' work has been conducted internationally in various types of organisations, both academic and non-academic (Brown & Sargeant, 2007). In higher education settings, the three-component model has gained empirical support in different cultural contexts, including North America (Gutierrez et al, 2012), Europe (Eisinga, Teelken, & Doorewaard, 2010), Africa (Mohammed, Othman, & D'Silva, 2012) and a number of countries in Asia such as Iran (Amirtash, Mozafari, Mehri, Nasiri, & Salehian, 2011), Pakistan (Farooq, Irfan, & Farooq, 2011) and Mainland China (Wang, 2010).…”