Inspirational Leadership and Employee Commitment in Bayelsa State Civil Service

This paper examined the relationship between inspirational leadership and employee commitment. The study population consisted of twenty-five thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine (25,789) civil servants drawn from the States’ Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Program report of 2021.The study adopted a sample size of three hundred and ninety-four (394) civil servants. Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze the data and the findings revealed that inspirational leadership significantly influence employee commitment. It is concluded that inspirational leadership positively and significantly relates to employee commitment. The study recommended that in a bit to improve employee commitment, Bayelsa state civil service should make deliberate efforts to improve the technical, theoretical, conceptual, and moral abilities of leaders; they should ensure leaders have an inspirational role by encouraging civil servants to accept problems and see them as opportunities; and inspire them to believe in the power of working together to achieve goals, as this will guarantee best outcomes. It will also foster civil servants' dedication to achieving longer-term objectives and use of creativity in solving tasks.