Evaluating the Relationship between Managers' Moral Leadership and Organizational Commitment

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational commitment in executive financial units of Hamedancity. In this study, all financial units experts of Hamedan city was considered statistically as statistical population, according to Korjesy – Morgan Table, a sample of 91 people was selected from the statistical society of financial experts. To select the sample, table of random numbers using a simple random sampling was used. This research method is descriptive-correlational survey and questionnaire was used for data collection. Two standardized questionnaires including Allen and Meyer organizational commitment questionnaire (Moghimi and Ramadan, 2011) and "Moral Leadership" questionnaire of Brown, Trevino and Harrison (2005, p. 125) were used for the first time in Iran. To determine the reliability of this questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used. It was 0.892 which is an indicative of a good level of reliability. Experts confirmed the validity of the questionnaire. Chi-square method and Friedman test were used to analyze data. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant and positive relationship between organizational commitment and ethical leadership in financial units of Hamedan city.