Businesses are built by the combination of a
number of material and human resources. The
continuity of this process is determined by the mutual
formal and informal relationship and communication. In
this respect, the relationship between the manager and
the employee within the organization has always played
a determining role in the strength of this bond. The aim
of this study is to investigate the effect of informal
relationships and executive support on organizational
commitment in the aviation industry. The scope of the
research is composed of workers in the aviation industry
in Turkey. Survey technique was used as a data
collection method in the research and it was carried out
with 417 people working actively in the aviation sector.
Data were collected reliably and hypotheses could be
tested. Validity, reliability and factor analysis of the data
were performed using the SPSS program. Then,
confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation
modeling analyzes were conducted with Lisrel 8.8
version. As a result of the research, it was seen that the
management support affects the organizational
commitment. However, no meaningful relationship
between informal relationship and organizational
commitment has been determined.