The Mediator Role of Managers' Trustworthiness in the Relationship between Transformational Leadership Style and Justice Perception of Employees (Case study: Mashhad Electric Energy Distribution Company; MEEDC)
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Mohamad Reza
Raecy
1
Sepide
Eskandari
2
(Ferdosi University)
Keywords: Trustworthiness, Transformational Leadership, Justice Perception.,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership style and justice perception of employees with considering the mediator role of managers' trustworthiness in a semi- governmental company. The data was collected through three kinds of questionnaires; transformational leadership (Bass& Avolio,1999), justice perception (Collquitt,2001) and trustworthiness (Maior& Davis,1999), in total 127 employees participated in this study. Findings indicate that transformational leadership was positively related to justice perception, managers' trustworthiness was positively related to both transformational leadership and justice perception beside managers' trustworthiness mediating the relationship between transformational leadership and justice perception.