Over the years, there has been increasing interest in the relationship between servant leadership and organizational
commitment. In their study of Kenyan and US financial firms, Walumbwaet al (2005) found that transformational
leadership not only had a positive effect on organizational commitment but on job satisfaction as well. Since
transformational leadership has some similarity with servant leadership in the sense that it also puts some focus on
followers then servant leadership can also contribute to organizational commitment. Studies by Barbuto and
Wheeler (2006), Enrhart (2004), Joseph and Winston (2005), Cerit (2010) and Ambaliet al (2011) have found the
existence of a positive relationship between servant leadership and organizational commitment.