THE EFFECT OF LEADER BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTICS ON ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT - L？DER DAVRANI？ ？ZELL？KLER？N？N ？RGüTSEL BA？LILIK üZER？NDEK？ ETK？S？

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of leading behavioral characteristics on organizational commitment dimensions of employees. For this purpose, 398 data were collected from the hotel enterprises operating in Gaziantep through questionnaire. Leadership behavior scale developed by Ekvall and Arvonen (1991) and adapted to Turkish by Tengilimo？lu (2005) was used to determine the leadership behavior characteristics. The scale consists of 36 items. In 2005, Tengilimo？lu conducted a basic analysis of leadership behaviors in order to investigate the effects of leading behavioral characteristics on job satisfaction. In the questionnaire form used in the study, the expressions given about leadership behaviors in this direction were prepared to determine 3 types of leadership behaviors and the questions were mixed. In order to measure organizational commitment levels of employees, ？ahin (2007) used Meyer and Allen's 18-point three-dimensional organizational commitment scale, which was used in the doctoral dissertation study and was analyzed by Wasti for validity and reliability. The level of organizational commitment was examined in three dimensions as emotional commitment (6 items), continuity (6 items) and normative commitment (6 items) in the survey form used. As a result of the regression analyzes made, it was found that the leading behavioral characteristics positively affected the organizational commitment