The Effect of Distributed Leadership on Organizational Commitment in Hotels: The Erzurum Case

One concept thought to influence organizational commitment is distributed leadership. Although distributed leadership has been examined in terms of its effect on organizational commitment in the education sector, there are few studies examining this relationship in areas such as the tourism sector, where interaction is high. Therefore, this study aims to examine the relationship between the perceptions of distributed leadership and organizational commitment among hotel employees working in Erzurum province. Distributed leadership practices and employee organizational commitment are generally factors that emerge in the long term. Based on this, seasonal employees working in 4- and 5-star hotels in Erzurum were not included in the research, and a survey was administered to 455 permanent employees. Each hypothesis was then tested using Regression Analysis. According to the findings of the study, distributed leadership has a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment. All sub-dimensions of distributed leadership also have a positive and significant effect on the sub-dimensions of organizational commitment.