The Relationship between Transformational Leadership of Environmental NGO Leader and Trust and Organizational Commitment

This study aims to identify the effects of transformational leadership of an environmental NGO leader on the trust and organizational commitment. For this, structural equation model was used to analyze the survey conducted on 201 members of 23 major environmental NGOs. As the result of the analysis, the transformational leadership of the environmental NGO leader was shown to have a positive effect on the trust in superior, trust in the organization, and organizational commitment. Furthermore, the trust in superior and organization was shown to have a positive effect on organizational commitment. However, the trust in colleagues was not shown to have a significant effect on the organizational commitment.