EFFECT OF EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: EXAMINING MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT A STUDY INTO SELECTED HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to examine the Effect of empowering leadership on organizational performance; mediating role of organizational commitment. This study, conducted on private health sector in Kabul, Afghanistan. This means, that there were three main variables in this study, independent variable (empowering leadership), dependent variable (organizational performance) and mediating variable (organizational commitment). For the current study, the targeted population and unit of analysis was all employees working in selected higher educational institutions in Kabul. The total sample size of the current study was 400 individuals. Which means, they were the main participant in the study, to provide information related to the questions asked from them. For data collection, this study utilized adopted questionnaires, which was organized in Likert scale (1= strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3= neutral, 4= agree and 5 =strongly agree). The participant was asked to select only one option for each question asked. The study found positive correlation between variables. Furthermore, there was a positive mediation because of trust in leader as a mediator in this study. The current study suggests that future researchers may take other leadership styles as independent variable. Meantime, another suggestion for choosing different outcomes than the employees psychological empowerment. Finally, the current study suggests other mediation such as organizational culture.