The Effects of leadership style on Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction, In Case of Oromia Forest and Wild Life Enterprise

The purpose of the present study was to investigate effects of Leadership style on Organizational commitment with the mediated role of satisfaction .Data was gathered by closed ended questionnaires distributed to five OFWEL’s in oromia. The scales used were the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, MLQ, the Job Satisfaction Survey, JSS and the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, OCQ. The study population consisted permanent employees of OFWE’s and 315 employees were selected by simple random sample. After processing and modifying the data, only 309 respondents used as the main resources analyzed by using Structural Equation Model (SEM). Confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling (SEM) has been employed as a statistical tool to validate these interdependence relationships. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) would be used to estimate the adequacy of the measurement model for each construct. Some of the results were according to the expectation after theory examination, but others were surprisingly contradictive. Transformational leadership had a direct and indirect effect on organizational commitment. Leadership style had positive indirect effects on organizational commitment. Based on the result of this research it is recommended that transformational leadership style should be practiced in OFWEs to gain satisfied and committed employees. The findings of the study are expected to provide a source of information for policy makers, researchers and human resources professionals to understand link between organizational cultures, leadership style on organizational commitment, with mediating role of job satisfaction in OFWEL’s &nbsp

The Effect of Reward System On Employee Creativity

Reward System plays a vital role in enhancing employee creativity. The main objective of the study was to investigate the effect of reward system on employee creativity in Oromia Credit and Saving Share Company (OCSSCO) case of Bale zone branches. Simple random sampling techniques was used to select a sample of 158 respondents from target population of 260.Data was collected using open & close ended questionnaire. The general objective of this study was effect of reward system on employee creativity in Oromia Credit and Saving Share Company case of Bale Zone Branches and in order to answer the research questions, the researcher used a software SPSS 21 version for data operation and analysis. The result of descriptive statistics indicated that practice level of both intrinsic & extrinsic rewards in OCSSCO is low. In addition, the results of Pearson correlation shows there is a significant and positive relationship between extrinsic reward, Intrinsic reward & employee creativity. Moreover, the result of regression analysis indicates almost 76.3% of employee creativity is explained by extrinsic & intrinsic rewards. Similarly, the result indicates intrinsic reward is more contributing factor to employee creativity than extrinsic reward. Therefore, the researcher concluded that in addressing employee creativity and for accomplishment of organizational goal, it is important for the management to make effective use of both extrinsic& intrinsic reward system for their employees. In addition, the management needs to assess reward practice of similar institutions & make necessary adjustments