This study examined the relationship between leadership and affective commitment. The objective of the study was to examine how dimensions of leadership such as vision, ownership and collaboration influence emotional attachment, identification and involvement. The method used for the study was literature survey of other scholars from which the following findings were made: A good and effective leadership will enhance employee commitment and the desire to perform positively to the benefit of every stakeholder in an organization. The study concludes that leadership should be able to extrinsically and intrinsically elicit desired behaviour which can be achieved by a leader with the passion in understanding employee psychological state of mind and their wellbeing in respect to non-work-related issues. These will no doubt lead to employees feeling of sense of belonging and identification with the organization; becoming more involved to contributing meaningfully to organization goal. Therefore, the researcher recommends that organizational leaders should look beyond employee’s behaviour that will improve immediate organizational performance. A private one-on-one interactive session between a leader and follower on non-work-related issues from which personal experience and ideas are shared will boost employee confidence and loyalty to the organization, thereby enhancing employee affective commitment.