Study of the Relationship between Servant Leadership and Organizational Commitment in the Employees of Department of Education in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between servant leadership and organizational commitment in the employees of department education in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.
This is a field study among 148 education’ staffs of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad The Morgan table and stratified random sampling were the method of sampling. Instruments included servant leadership and Meyer and Allen’s organizational commitment questionnaires, with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient 0.88 and 0.82 respectively. Data were analyzed using the Pearson Correlation, One-way ANOVA, and Multiple Regression’s tests.
The results showed that between servant leadership and its components correlated with organizational commitment level, significantly (r= 58, P 0.01).
Totally, the result of studies about Servant leadership and organizational commitment and its components is consisted with other studies. So it can be said that servant leadership in our study has an important role in organizational commitment. Therefore managers should reconsider their management method to improve organizational commitment. The integration of servant leadership in education with organizational commitment, have a positive effect on organizational commitment.