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The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship between servant leadership and staff organizational commitment and its components. Statistical population of this study includes all of the official and contract employees in Esfahan welfare organization in the autumn 2010. Sampling method is simple random using random numbers table based on a list of selected employees. For collecting the data required and testing the assumptions two questionnaires were used: for measurement of organizational commitment a three components questionnaire of organizational commitment Allen & Meyer (1993) was used that includes 24 questions and the three components of organizational continuous, normative and emotional commitment. Reliability of this questionnaire based on Cronbach's Alpha was obtained as 0.763. For measuring servant leadership Gholi Pour's questionnaire (2009) was used which has 28 questions and four components of service, humility, altruism and trusty .The reliability of the questionnaire, using according to the Cronbach's alpha, was obtained as 0.948. Data obtained from the questionnaires was analyzed by using Pearson correlation and multi-variable regression analysis. The Results related to the simple correlation between the variables indicated that there is a significant relationship between servant leadership and organizational commitment among the employers in the Esfahan welfare organization (P < 0.01). Also, the results showed that there is a significant relationship between servant leadership and affective and normative commitments but not in continuous commitment.

Keywords: organizational commitment, Servant leadership, Service, Welfare Organization of Isfahan Province

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