%0 Journal Article %T The Role of Employee Silence on the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Affective Commitment: A Study of Disaster and Emergency Management Employees %A Azize ERGENEL£¿ %A Fuat OKTAY %A M. G£¿khan B£¿TM£¿£¿ %J - %D 2018 %X This study investigates the effect of transformational leadership on employees¡¯ affective organizational commitment and examines the mediating role of employee silence for this influence. Data is collected from a survey of 336 disaster and emergency management employees. Structural equation modeling is employed in order to test the research hypotheses. Both Baron & Kenny¡¯s (1986) approach and a bootstrapping method are used simultaneously to test the mediating effect. The results indicate a positive effect of transformational leadership on affective commitment and this positive effect is shown to be partially mediated by employee silence %K D£¿n¨¹£¿¨¹mc¨¹ liderlik %K i£¿g£¿ren sessizli£¿i %K duygusal ba£¿l£¿l£¿k %K afet ve acil durum y£¿netimi %U http://dergipark.org.tr/auiibfd/issue/36928/420798