a study of the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment of teachers

a random simple sample of 320 elementary school teachers ( 60 male 160 female) from district 1 of shiraz school system were selecte and implemented two scales: a) bass,s (1985) multifactor leadership questionnair (mlq); this instrument was translated into persian and its validity and reliability was re-confirmed by the researcher. b) maudy, steers, and porter,s commitment scale ( 1974), the validity and reliability of which was confirmed by mortazavi (1372). the gathered data were analyzed and the followings were revealed: 1)there was found a significant relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment ( r=0/33 , p<0/0001) 2) no significant relationship was found between transactional leadership and organizational commitment. 3) two way analysis of variance showed no interaction between transformational and transactional leadership and organizational commitment. 4) male and female transformational leaders differed in the extent of their effects on teachers commitment to the organization: that is female leaders more effective on commiting teachers to the organization ( t= 4.40 df=245 p