The Influence of Leadership and Motivation on Job Commitment and Performance

Human Resource is one of the most important resources for achieving the objectives of any organization. One of these objectives is to provide suitable leadership pattern and appropriate methods of motivation for the purpose of getting satisfied productivity to solve the issue of environmental workplace changes. Thus, effective leadership and suitable motivation can increase the level of commitment and improve the performance of workers. The main aim of this study is to determine the impact of leadership and motivation on commitment and employees performance in The Royal Court in Oman. The independent variables in this research are the administrative leadership and motivation while the dependent variables are commitment and performance of employees. The design of this research was based on descriptive quantitative approach. The population of this study was the staff of The Royal Court Affairs in Oman. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire. The population of this study was 1845 while the sample size has been selected to be 318. Stratified random sampling was used to determine the sample size for each department in The Royal Court System of Oman. A sample of 318 staff was chosen through multi stage sampling. A total of 318 questionnaires were distributed and the analysis was based on 310 usable questionnaires. Descriptive analyses mean scores, and multiple regression analyses were conducted using SPSS16. The results of this study showed that both extrinsic and intrinsic motivations have positive significant influence on job commitment. Also, leadership and extrinsic motivations positively impact on performance of employees.