While there has been research carried out on the relationship between ethical leadership, organizational commitment and job satisfaction, this relationship has not sufficiently been examined in terms of hotel businesses, as one of the most important stakeholders of the tourism sector. Therefore, (1) the relationship between ethical leadership, organizational commitment and job satisfaction in hotel industries and (2) the mediator role of organizational commitment between ethical leadership and job satisfaction were examined in this study. In this regard, the study is important in terms of contributing to the literature and raising the awareness of employees working in the tourism sector. It is also hoped that the findings will inform employees and management about ethical leadership, organizational commitment and job
satisfaction. Within this scope, a questionnaire study was conducted and the findings were tested using the LISREL programme.