ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP PERCEPTION ON TEAM LEARNING IN INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT

Abstract

In organizations where transformational leadership is at a high level, employees establish an
emotional bond with their team and thus with the organization, and almost become familiar with
other team members. In this context, employees attempt to learn much more and teach other team
members what they have learned in order to increase team success. In this case, team learning
reaches higher levels and as a result of this, the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and the
organization increase. Accordingly, in this study, it is aimed to examine the mediating role of
affective commitment in the effect of transformational leadership on team learning. In the study,
the questionnaires were conducted with 161 white-collar employees teamed up in the organization
located at the motor vehicles industrial organizations operating in Ankara which are included within
the scope of the ISO first and second 500 largest industrial organizations. According to the analysis
results, the semi-mediating role of affective commitment was found in the effect of transformational
leadership on team learning. It was also found that affective commitment had a semi-mediating role
in the effect of idealized influence/charisma, inspirational motivation, and individualized
consideration on team learning.