(The) relationship between a team leader's behaviors aligned with organizational core values and follower's organizational commitment : based on mediating effect of trust in the team leader

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discover the relationship between a team leader's behaviors aligned with organizational core values and follower's organizational commitment. Besides, this study focuses on the mediation effect of follower's trust in the team leader on the relationship between a team leader's behaviors aligned with organizational core values and follower's organizational commitment. The target population of the study consists of employees working in Korea large enterprises. 260 of employees answer to the measurement based on the previous literature. SPSS 12.0 is used to analyze collected data, and the research questions are verified through regression analysis, Baron and Kenny (1986)'s three steps method, and Sobel-test. The results indicates that a team leader's recognition of organizational core values affects follower's affective commitment, and a team leader's practice and transmission of organizational core values has effect on follower's normative commitment. Moreover, affect-based trust mediates the relationship between a team leader's recognition of organizational core values and follower's affective commitment. This study has both theoretical and practical implications, not only it reveals the mechanism to enhance follower's organizational commitment which directly predicts organizational effectiveness, but also shows how to catch up with organizational changes through developing team leaders' behaviors aligned with organizational core values.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. Introduction
• 1. Statement of the problem
• 2. Research questions
• 3. Definition of terms
• II. Review of literature
• 1. A team leader's behaviors aligned with organizational core values
• A. Concept of organizational core values
• B. Functions of organizational core values
• C. A Team leader's behaviors aligned with organizational core values
• 2. Trust
• A. Concept and characteristics of trust
• B. Typology of trust
• 3. Organizational commitment
• A. Concept of organizational commitment
• B. Dimensions of organizational commitment
• 4. Relationships among variables
• III. Methodology
• 1. Research setting
• 2. Respondent selection
• 3. Instrument
• 4. Data collection and analysis
• IV. Study results
• 1. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis
• 2. Effect of TLB influences on OC
• 3. Mediation effect of trust influences on the relationship between TLB and OC
• 4. Discussion
• V. Conclusion
• 1. Summary
• 2. Conclusion, limitations and suggestions for future study
• References
• Appendics