An examination on the relationship between leadership styles and employee commitment : A study at Samsung Malaysia Electronics

The present study examines the influence of different leadership styles on employee engagement at Samsung Malaysia, a large global firm. More precisely, it analyses five aspects of leadership: idealised influence, inspiring motivation, contingent rewards, active management by exception, and passive management by exception. This study utilised a quantitative method to investigate the impact of idealised influence, inspiring motivation, contingent incentives, active management by exception, and passive management by exception on employee commitments. A convenience sampling method was used to choose a sample of 130 office site employees in Samsung Malaysia Electronics, Kuala Lumpur. The data collected was analysed using SPSS version 27. The results revealed that idealised influence, inspiring motivation, contingent incentives, and active management by exception have a significant positive correlation with employee commitment. In contrast, passive management by exception, has a negative correlation with employee commitment. The p-value <0.05 statistically proved this correlation. These findings underscore the importance of implementing focused interventions to improve the idealised influence behavior of leaders to increase employee commitment