LİDER-ÜYE ETKİLEŞİMİ İLE ÖRGÜTSEL GÜVEN ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Leader-member exchange, unlike traditional leadership theories, is based on the relationship between the leader and its subordinate, rather than the characteristics of the leader. Organizational trust, however, is an important phenomenon in the success of all organizations regarding creating a positive intra-organizational environment. Upon examining the literature on the topic, it is observed that there has been an increase in the research studies conducted on leader-member exchange and organizational trust in recent years, but there are merely a limited number of studies which involve in both issues at once. In this study; the relationship between leader-member exchange and organizational trust is examined on teachers. In line with this objective, a personal information form, “Multidimensional Leader-Member Exchange 12” scale, and data collection tool which consists of “Organizational Trust” scale are applied to totally 336 volunteering teachers employed at Anatolian high schools located in a province of the Central Anatolian Region. The evaluation of the obtained data is realized using SPSS 22.0 computer software. Correlation analysis is utilized to determine the relationship between leader-member exchange and organizational trust, while the regression analysis is carried out to examine the impacts of leader-member exchange on organizational trust. As a result of the conducted analyses; it is determined that the rise in leader-member exchange (general) increases the teachers’ levels of organizational trust. It is stated that professional respect, as one of the sub-dimensions of leader-member exchange, increases organizational trust (general) and trust toward the organization (general), while affect and loyalty subdimensions increase the level of trust toward the school administrators. It is found that the other sub-dimensions of leader-member exchange have no significant impacts on organizational trust and its subdimensions. According to the results, it is recommended to organize inhouse and external training and seminars to improve the professionalization of school administrators and teachers. This research study is limited to the opinions of 336 teachers working in Anatolian High Schools in a province located at the Central Anatolian Region and future research studies should be done on larger samples and using different data collection tools to obtain more general data.