THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AMONG THE ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST, AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION: CASE STUDY OF A UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the relations of ethical leadership among the organizational trust, affective commitment and job satisfaction. For this aim, firstly, the ethical leadership, secondly organizational trust, thirdly affective commitment and, finally, the job satisfaction are explained. In the application part, a questionnaire including the measures of the ethical leadership, organizational trust, affective commitment and job satisfaction is distributed to employees of one of the leading private universities in Turkey and the data were assessed by statistical analysis methods. Finally, it is found that there is a positive relationship among ethical leadership, organizational trust, affective commitment and the job satisfaction

Keywords

• Ethical leadership, organizational trust, affective commitment, job satisfaction

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