A Study of the Relationship Between Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Principal’s Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Justice at a Junior High School, Chongqing, China

Authors

  • Pi Xinlu
  • Watana Vinitwatanakhun Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Assumption University

Keywords:

Transformational Leadership Style, Teachers, Organizational Justice.

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style and organizational justice at a Junior High School, Chongqing, China. The research objectives were (1) to identify the level of teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style, (2) to identify the level of teachers’ perceptions towards organizational justice and, (3) to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style and organizational justice at A Junior High School, Chongqing, China. The total has 91 full-time teachers teaching in different grades from 7th grade, 8th grade and 9th grade during the academic year 2020 (March-August) got involved in this study. This study used Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire developed by Bass & Avolio (1995) and used Organizational Justice Scale adopt by Colquitt (2001) to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership style organizational justice at A Junior High School, Chongqing, China. Results of the Pearson correlation indicated that there was a positive significant positive association between teachers’ perceptions towards principal’ s transformational leadership style and organizational justice at a Junior High School, Chongqing, China, r (91) = .697, p = .000.

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Published

2021-05-28

How to Cite

Xinlu, P., & Vinitwatanakhun, W. (2021). A Study of the Relationship Between Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Principal’s Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Justice at a Junior High School, Chongqing, China. Scholar: Human Sciences, 13(1), 379-392. Retrieved from http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/Scholar/article/view/4681

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