Beyene, Abeba (PhD)Nigussie, Redeit2019-10-292023-11-042019-10-292023-11-042019-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/19663The effect of leadership on organizational commitment was examined in this explanatory study. The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the effect of Leadership style on employee commitment. The research approach applied for this study was quantitative type of research where explanatory analyses have been deployed. The target populations of this study were employees of commercial bank of Ethiopia working in Addis Ababa area at branch level, which included 4 districts. From 11,344 total populations of CBE branches, which are found in Addis Ababa city, 386 employees were selected as the sample of the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the branches and individual respondents. The standardized questionnaires of leadership behavior organizational commitment and employees’ commitment were adapted from previous standard questionnaire. ANOVA Analysis was used to compare the effect of leadership styles. Correlation and regression were used to analyze the relationship and its effect between leadership styles on organization commitment. The regression results showed that the type of leadership styles have significant contribution for organizational commitment and employees’ performance. It was concluded that all the leadership styles have effect on commitment and transactional leadership was found to be the dominant leadership style practiced in CBE so CBE should apply the different styles in different situationsen-USleadership stylesorganizational commitmentcontinuanceThesis