Enhancing Organizational Commitment in Chengdu’s Public Universities: Roles of transformational and lecturer leadership

Yuan Ting; Aziah Ismail

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v10iSI33.7077

Authors

Yuan Ting School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia; School of Marxism, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Aziah Ismail School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v10iSI33.7077

Keywords:

Transformational Leadership, Lecturer Leadership, Organizational Commitment, Higher education

Abstract

This study investigates how transformational leadership (TL) and lecturer leadership (LL) influence organizational commitment (OC) in Chinese higher education. Analyzing survey data from 408 lecturers using PLS-SEM, the results reveal that TL directly enhances OC and indirectly strengthens it by improving LL. These findings underscore TL’s pivotal role in fostering supportive academic environments and suggest leadership training to cultivate OC. Future research should explore underlying mechanisms and cross-context applicability.

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