Abstract: A wide variety of managerial activities and organizational processes are affected by perception of employees. This research work is about assessing the perception of employees towards the leadership style and organizational commitment. Standard multifactor leadership and organizational commitment questionnaires were used to collect data from sample of 570 employees working in the public organization of Dire Dawa city administration. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and found that the employees perceive the leadership style to be more transformational and the commitment to be affective.