Leadership Style and National Culture on Restaurant Employees’ Affective Commitment

The topics of leadership and culture have attracted substantial interest from both academics and practitioners. This study examines the effects of leadership styles and national culture on affective commitment in samples of the restaurant employees in US. The findings support the primary assumption of this study: restaurant employees’ affective commitment is related to the leadership styles of their supervisors. Interestingly, both participative leadership style and supportive leadership style have effects on affective commitment but instrumental leadership style does not. Finally, in order to increase the employees’ affective commitment, it is recommended for managers to employ supportive leadership style toward employees of different national cultures. A participative leadership style is more effective when a manager is familiar with his or her employees’ national culture.