THE ROLE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST OF TEACHERS OF ARDEBIL MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to study the relationship between the styles of  transformational leadership and organizational trust of middle school teachers of Ardebil during 2011-12. The statistical community comprises all teachers of middle schools as much
as 400 teachers from which 196 persons were randomly sampled according to Cochran method. To collect data, we used Beth and Olive multifactor and Prasert Kanawattanachai and Young Jin Yoo organizational trust standard questionnaire which were of high validity and purity. This research is descriptive and accomplished using correlation method. To analyze data, Pearson correlation factor and multiple regression in a stepwise manner. After collecting and analyzing data using SPSS, results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between the style of transformational leadership and teachers’ organizational trust. Moreover, stepwise multiple regression demonstrated that among components of ransformational leadership, idealized influence has the most influence on teachers’ organizational trust.