The Effects of Military Character on Organizational Commitment among Non-Commissioned Officer: The Mediating Effect of Self-Leadership

Abstract

This study, we investigate the mediation effect of the self-leadership in the relation between military character and the organizational commitment for junior NCOs(Non Commissioned Officers). This research target was 684 junior NCOs in the 00 unit located in Jeonbuk. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 18.0 and mediation effects were verified using structural equation techniques (Muthén & Muthén, 2010). First, as a result of correlation analysis of major variants showed the military character statically significantly and significantly correlated the organization commitment and the self-leadership. Also Self-leadership and organizational immersion appeared statically and significantly. Second, it was found that self-leadership mediates the relationship between military character and organizational commitment. These results mean that military character directly affect and increases theorganization commitment through the self-leadership. Therefore, it is suggested that there is a need for improving the education of the self-leadership and the military character in order to increase the organizational of junior NCOs.