A study on the effects of leadership style on organizational commitment in catering industry

In such a fiercely competitive environment in catering industry,human resource plays a critical role in maintaining the stability and growth of the industry. the success of an organization depends on leadership behaviours,about 45%-60%,while leadership behaviours rely on leadership styles. the importance of leadership style for an organization is apparent. human resource management mainly tends to enhance the efficacy of employment from the aspects of managers that organizational commitment of employees toward supervisors is not taken into account. for this reason,this study aims to discuss leadership style and organizational commitment in catering industry in-depth. with the employees in chamonix being the research subjects,total 330 questionnaires are distributed. having deducted 107 invalid copies,total 223 valid ones are retrieved,with the retrieval rate 68%. focusing on leadership style,the empirical study discusses the model analysis between leadership style and organizational commitment. the research outcomes show that leadership style could affect the promotion of organizational commitment. © 2012 pakistan journal of statistics.