Comprometimento Organizacional, Liderança e Cultura Organizacional: Estudo em uma Organização Cearense.

Purpose: In the current study, the relationship between organizational commitment, considered as the psychological ties between worker and organization, and leadership styles was investigated based on the role of organizational culture in this relationship. Method/approach: The study consisted of a cross-sectional survey, applied in an organization in Fortaleza/CE, with a sample of 205 workers. Contributions: The following positive and significant correlations were attested: transformational leadership with the bonds of affective commitment, common future and normative commitment; transactional leadership with the normative commitment bond; absence of leadership with the ties of scarcity of alternatives and psychological absence. The clan-like organizational culture acted as a moderating variable reducing the effects on the following relationships: transformational leadership and affective commitment and between transformational leadership and common future, which suggests that aspects such as excessive informality, few hierarchical levels and former. Originality/relevance: A theoretical-methodological model was also developed with all the researched elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]