Effects of Supervisors’ Leadership Style on Employee Organizational Commitment in Taiwan’s Small and Medium Enterprises: the Role of Trust
Tung-Sheng Kuo, Kuo-Chung Huang, Shi-Bin Chen

Abstract
This study collected questionnaires from 369 employees of small and medium enterprises in Taiwan, where the economic structure is dominated by SMEs, in order to analyze the effects of leadership style on organizational commitment and explore the role of trust between them. After factor analysis(exploratory, confirmatory), reliability and validity testing, multiple comparisons, and multiple regression analysis, the following results are obtained: (1)leadership style has significantly positive effects on organizational commitment; (2) leadership style has significantly positive effects on employees’ trust in supervisors and colleagues; (3)employees’ trust in supervisors and colleagues has significantly positive effects on organizational commitment; and (4) trust has mediating effects between leadership style and organizational commitment.

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