THE INFLUENCE OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND WORK ENGAGEMENT TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN INTERNATIONAL MARITIME BUSINESS IN THAILAND

Abstract

The study of The Influence of Executive Leadership and Work Engagement towards Organizational Commitment of Employees in International Maritime Business in Thailand aimed to 1) Study the influence of executive leadership on work engagement in the international maritime business in Thailand and 2) Study the influence of job commitment on organizational commitment of employees in the international maritime business in Thailand, which was a quantitative research. The sample group was 385 personnel working in the international shipping business in Thailand, working in Bangkok. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. The results of the research found that 1) Most of the respondents were male, aged 41 - 50 years, married, graduated with a bachelor's degree, held the position of executive/manager, and had worked for more than 6 years. 2) Supportive leadership, directive leadership, and participative leadership had a positive influence on organizational commitment, while achievement-oriented leadership had a negative influence on organizational commitment of personnel in this business, with a statistical significance level of .05. 3) Work commitment in terms of work energy and the sense of unity has a positive influence on the organizational commitment of employees in this business, with statistical significance at the .05 level. This study offers guidelines for human resource management to enhance the leadership of executives, create work commitment and organizational commitment of employees.