RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS AND ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST AND ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE

Abstract

This paper examined the relationships between the school administrators’ leadership behavior and teachers’ perceptions of organizational trust, and organizational justice. The sample of the survey model study consists of 271 high school teachers in the province of Kutahya in Turkey. Data is collected by “Organizational Trust Scale”, “Organizational Justice Scale” and “Leadership Behavior Scale”. Data is analyzed through descriptive statistics and Regression Analysis. The research findings show that teachers have positive perceptions about organizational trust, organizational justice and school administrators’ leadership behaviors. There is a high correlation between school administrators’ supportive leadership behaviors and teachers’ perceptions of organizational justice and perceptions of trust to administrator. There is a moderate positive correlation between school administrators’ supportive leadership behaviors and teachers’ perceptions of organizational justice and trust in colleagues and trust in stakeholders. Supportive leadership and organizational justice are significant predictors of teachers’ perceptions of organizational trust. Supportive leadership and organizational justice explain nearly two thirds of perception of trust to administrator, nearly one third of perception of trust in colleagues and nearly one fifth of perception of trust in stakeholders.