The analysis of relationship between organizational power and organizational trust

Abstract

Purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between organizational power and organizational trust according to the perception of the teachers. The research is designed as a relational model and the sample of the study consists of 266 teachers, who were determined using criterion sampling technique. Data were collected using two scales. One of the scales used in the research is “Organizational Power Sources” scale, developed by Zafer (2008), it contains five sub-dimensions, namely expert, referent, reward, legitimate and coercive whereas the other is “Organizational Trust” scale developed by Daboval, Comish and Swindle and Gaster (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Yılmaz (2005). Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis are the techniques used to analyze the data. The results revealed that sub-dimensions of organizational power significantly predicted organizational trust scores

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