St. Theresa Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Vol.4 No.2 July-December 2018 110 Effects of Laissez-Faire Leadership on Commitment to Service Quality Munwar Hussain Pahi Assistant professor, Indus University, Karachi, Pakistan. Email: munwarpahi@indus.edu.pk Sanobar Salman Shaikh* Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. Email: sanobershakh25@yahoo.com *Corresponding Author Zara Ali Abbasi Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan. Email: zara.ali@iba-suk.edu.pk Noor un Nissa Shahani Alhamd Islamic University, Islamabad , Pakistan. Email: noorbaloch60@gmail.com Dr. Kamal bin Ab Hamid Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. Email: abkamal@uum.edu.my Received: 04/12/2018, Revised: 10/12/2018, Accepted: 11/12/2018 Abstract This study aims to examine the validity of Laissez-Faire leadership style among the medical practitioners. This leadership style has been criticized in the literature as the destructive style of leadership. However, laissez-faire leadership style has been responsive for numerous positive behaviors and outcomes at the workplace. Laissez- faire leadership style has remained permissive with other leadership style types. Nonetheless, in comparison with other leadership styles, its significance has been unexplored especially in domains like commitment and service organization. In this study, the authors analyzed how Laissez-Faire leadership relates to the commitment of service quality. While using self-administered approach, the current study sampled doctors from public hospitals of Pakistan. The Partial Least Square Path Modeling results via Smart PLS 2.0 with 182 retained responses. The results indicated that